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International Symposium: Agriculture, biodiversity and food security - from commitments to actions
03/05/2024
The International Symposium Agriculture, Biodiversity and Food Security: From Commitments to Actions was held at the Quebec City Convention Centre, Canada, from April 30 to May 2, 2024. Jointly organized by Université Laval's École supérieure d'études internationales, the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the event brought together over 250 key players from the agricultural and agrifood sectors in 39 countries.
Over 350 resources now included in the FAO Biodiversity Knowledge Hub
08/04/2024
Can investing in nature fight climate change?
28/03/2024
Webinar on farmers’ varieties and landraces: conservation through management on-farm
27/03/2024
Announcing the theme of the first International Day of Potato
11/03/2024
Call for experiences, best practices and scalable solutions for the integration of biodiversity into agriculture
04/03/2024
21 March: Join us to celebrate the International Day of Forests
03/03/2024
Nature is staging a comeback: 7 World Restoration Flagships
01/03/2024
Agrifood systems transformation holds the key to our environmental challenges
01/03/2024
Transforming our agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is key to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. This was the overarching message from the Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Maria Helena Semedo, in a series of events during the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and the Second Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting.