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In 2022, 738.9 million people faced hunger, nearly 2.4 billion in 2022 lacked regular access to adequate food, and over 3.1 billion could not...

Amid a worsening climate crisis and slow progress in cutting greenhouse gases, sustainable agrifood systems practices can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience...

There are a wide range of biotechnologies available and many of them have been, and are currently being, used in many situations and sectors worldwide to solve the myriad...

This Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GPA) was developed by FAO at the request of the members of the Commission on Genetic...

The conservation, sustainable use and development of aquatic genetic resources (AqGR) is critical to the future supply of fish. The State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is the first...

Water supports important ecosystem services, functions as a non-substitutable input to crop and animal production, and is essential for sustaining economic growth, health and resilience of a country. However, water...

A lot of work has been undertaken to assess and address food loss and waste (FLW) in fish value chains. This website provides a platform to access this information, and provides...

Blue Transformation outlines a vision to expand aquatic food systems and increase their contribution to nutritious and affordable healthy diets, ensuring environmental stewardship and inclusive growth...

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032 provides a consensus assessment of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional, and global levels, and serves as a reference for forward-looking...

Algae, including seaweeds (or marine macro-algae) and microalgae, contribute nearly 30 percent of world aquaculture production (in wet weight), primarily from seaweeds. Seaweeds...