NAPPC's mission is to encourage the health of resident and migratory pollinating animals in North America. This year, NAPPC partners will gather virtually from throughout North America and beyond on 19-21 October 2021. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE: 1. ABRAM BICKSLER, PH.D., FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS The intersection of sustainable food systems and pollinator...

本议题文件（第 3 版更新）应世界粮食安全委员会（粮安委）主席的要求 于 2020 年编写并于 2021 年进一步更新，旨在为应对 COVID-19 疫情的粮食和 营养安全影响献计献策，为粮安委成员的审议，包括 2021 年联合国粮食体系 峰会的任何后续活动出谋划策。 2020 年 3 月，粮食安全和营养问题高级别专家 组（高专组）就 COVID-19 对粮食安全和营养的影响发布了一份临时专题文件 ，2020 年 6 月，第 15 份报告介绍了疫情 对粮食安全和营养的最新影响。 该文件提出的建议之一是 ''扶持基于生态农业和其他可持续食物生产形式的更具韧性的食物生产 体系''。 加强粮食体系韧性对于有效应对 COVID-19 疫情至关重要。由于 COVID19 使国际供应链紧张，推动食物生产的重新本地化或设法更好平衡进口粮食和 本地产粮食，是增强稳固性和韧性的合理策略。例如，生态农业是善用农田间生 态交互作用的科学，旨在提高作物产量，尽量减少投入成本和浪费。生态农业可以有力应对 COVID-19 造成的粮食安全和营养危机，因为 这是一项提高国内食物产量的可持续战略，各类农民无论贫富均可掌握 。 具体建议包括： • 投资开展更符合生态农业标准的研究行动项目和计划，推动营养敏感型农 业发展。 • 支持各国农业学校开设生态农业课程。 • 鉴于大多数农业发展援助项目扶持传统或工业化农业方法，设法支持更多 鼓励生态农业和其他可持续农业形式的项目。 • 支持着眼于营养的个人和社区应对措施，例如家庭和社区菜园。 • 确保可持续渔业和水产养殖以及畜牧生产和林业纳入 COVID-19 政策 响应，充分发挥其在营养和生计领域的潜力。  ©FAO...

Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global agricultural surface. 50%-80% of this food, depending on the country and region, is produced by women.  SWISSAID and partners launched a qualitative...

Agroecological approaches have evolved to offer a set of guiding principles that can help transform our food systems to create a more socially just, diverse, holistic and sustainable food system that better respects and benefits cultures, the environment and people engaged at every level of the system. Agroecological approaches are anchored in...

On the occasion of World Food Day 2021, the World Future Council and the Pesticide Action Network Asia and Pacific are organizing the webinar ‘’Policies for Sustainable and Healthy Agri-Food Systems’’ on 19 October 2021 at 15:00 CEST. This online event is dedicated to discuss impactful policies that scale up agroecology...

The objective of this study, commissioned by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and SDRR, is to analyse the status of and future needs for information and communication systems of private and government organizations in the national agricultural research system and its relevant partners with respect to agro-ecological and organic...