EnvironmentA new FAO report says forests and trees supply food, medicine, fuel and income to more than five billion people, yet their contribution is missing from most national agrifood policies.
AgribusinessA new €5 million EU-funded project will set up four service hubs linking Afghan farmers to advice, agribusinesses and markets, and restore 2,000 hectares of degraded forest and rangeland.
FisheriesThe Port State Measures Agreement now binds 86 parties representing 110 FAO Members, and generates more than 22,000 vessel inspections a year in almost 700 designated ports.
FisheriesThe third Small-Scale Fisheries Summit at FAO headquarters worked on national action plans for a sector that lands at least 40 percent of the world's fish catch.
EnvironmentThe Status of the World's Soil Resources 2026 finds erosion management poor or very poor in 81 percent of assessments, with only about 10 percent of regions reporting improvement since 2015.
AgrotechAt the APEC food security meeting in Hangzhou, QU Dongyu said the measure of digital agriculture is whether it reaches farmers, not how sophisticated the algorithm is.
