NEWS | 4 May 2026 Commission publishes simplification review of EU Deforestation Regulation Today, the Commission published a report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and a set of further measures for a smooth and effective implementation following the agreement of co-legislators last...
NEWS | 1 May 2026 Building Burundi’s National Social Protection Systems to Deliver Jobs and Respond to Crises Burundi continues to face extreme poverty and food insecurity. As of 2024, 63 percent of the population lives on less than $2.15 per day, and more than half of children under the age...
NEWS | 1 May 2026 House locks Food for Peace into USDA with 50% commodity requirement The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Farm Bill on Thursday, codifying the temporary transfer of Food for Peace — the country’s $1.2 billion flagship global hunger program...
NEWS | 30 April 2026 Opening remarks by Commissioner Hansen at the European Parliament plenary debate on "How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector"
NEWS | 30 April 2026 New report urges urgent, coordinated financing to reverse rising hunger and transform agrifood systems across Africa A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African...
NEWS | 30 April 2026 FAO unveils new data domain tracking agricultural research and development trends Publicly-oriented agricultural research and development (R&D) systems have been growing at an average annual rate of 1.8 percent in the past two decades, reaching $50.4 billion...
NEWS | 30 April 2026 The World Bank Scales Up Sustainable Agroforestry Financing in Paraguay The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved an innovative new project in Paraguay that will create jobs within sustainable agroforestry value chains in rural areas...
NEWS | 30 April 2026 The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts This baseline outlook hinges on continued supply disruptions in the Middle East, particularly in energy and fertilizer markets, with prices expected to increase by 24 percent and 31 percent, respectively...
NEWS | 30 April 2026 Global shock, local crisis - Sustaining rural livelihoods through adaptive practices The abrupt halt in fertilizer and fuel shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb has already impacted farmers and small-scale producers around the world.
NEWS | 30 April 2026 Can African food systems thrive without chemical fertilisers? The rise in fertiliser prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran has been a stark reminder of how dependent the global food system is on this chemical input.
