A worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza is leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people dependent on irregular charity kitchens as food aid declines sharply and funding gaps widen, according to reports from the ground.

For the first time in its history, Uzbekistan has been unanimously elected to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the 2028-2029 term, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.

While visiting Italy, Majnun Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, met with Hendrik Johannes Terras, Estonia’s Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, on the sidelines of the 44th FAO Ministerial Conference.

Global food prices declined in May, with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reporting a 0.8% drop in its overall Food Price Index on Friday.

Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners said in a report released on Friday.

Global food prices climbed to their highest level in two years this April, reflecting growing concerns over trade disruptions.

World food commodity prices decreased by 2.1% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the FAO, but they remain significantly higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

UN humanitarians said on Thursday that evacuation orders and air strikes forced more than 880,000 people from their homes in Lebanon, with more than 500,000 of them fleeing into Syria.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast that the global food import bill will rise by 2.2% year-on-year, surpassing $2 trillion in 2024.