At the historic UN General Assembly Summit in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the UN’s 193 member states. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets are part of this agenda.

people. A new study by FAO, IFAD and WFP - the UN Rome-based agencies, estimates the cost of additional investments needed to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger to be US$265bn per year between...

With its expertise and resources, FAO is well positioned to support countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, most of which are related to FAO’s work. We cannot afford to miss...

Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and progress towards its 17 Sustainable Development Goals is monitored and reviewed under a process that includes local, national, regional and global inputs. FAO develops tools and methodologies to enable and guide FAO’s support for Members’ engagement in this review.

FAO and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals offer a vision of a fairer, more prosperous, peaceful and sustainable world in which no one is left behind. In...

It analyses the structural and rural transformations now under way, and examines the opportunities and challenges they present to millions of small-scale food producers.

FAO contributes to revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development through partnerships that invest in critical agents of change – smallholders, family farmers, rural women, fisher folk, indigenous communities, youth and other vulnerable or marginalized people.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [note 1] (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread". It was founded on 16 October 1945. [2]

Dec 13, 2017 · The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects of conflict in Greater Kasai in DRC. The two agencies will be using US$10 million in Belgian government funding to improve access to food for more than 100,000 people.

FAO can support the implementation of a transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that will see people interact harmoniously with the planet’s ecosystems and benefit from their services, maintaining and sustainably using biodiversity and all natural resources for present and future generations.