FAO has recently launched a groovy music compilation to promote small-scale family farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. [...]

While you watch this video, hundreds of millions of people are just trying to get through the day on an empty stomach.The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

While you watch this video, hundreds of millions of people are just trying to get through the day on an empty stomach. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

This June marks the 20th anniversary of UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Summit). This year, with Rio+20, we have a chance to really shape how we reduce poverty, advance social equity and protect the environment on an even more crowded planet – to get the future we want. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

Some 75 percent of the poor who live in developing countries are in rural areas. Most of them are smallholder producers who depend directly on farming, fishing, forestry and livestock for food and income, but who lack access to the resources and opportunities they need to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. [...]

Every year on 16 October FAO celebrates World Food Day. It’s also FAO’s birthday but more importantly a day to remember the importance of its mission to end hunger. [...]

Peter Lowrey from the Ending Hunger team travels to Hyderabad, India to investigate urban hunger. [...]

In the second episode of Hungry Planet three stories showcase how three of the Rome-based UN food agencies try to eradicate global hunger. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

In the third episode of Hungry Planet, legendary ex-Barcelona FC striker Hristo Stoitchkov visits a community in Burkina Faso in the process of recovering from the 2009 flooding. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

Chronic hunger in the south of Somalia has turned to famine. A combination of the worst drought in 60 years and political chaos has left communities in the south of the country in severe food crisis. [...]

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If you are a student studying rural development or agriculture or a specialist already working in a relevant field, why not contribute your skills to fight rural hunger and poverty with one of the UN’s food and agriculture specialist agencies FAO? [...]