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FAO highlights the role of global agrifood systems governance in EU conference on green and resilient food systems
05/12/2023
The European Commission's Research Executive Agency (REA) organized a conference on "Food 2030: green and resilient food systems" in Brussels to highlight the accomplishments of initiatives connected to EU food systems and to examine future research and innovation directions.
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FAO Director-General champions agrifood systems as the climate solution at COP28
04/12/2023
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led a delegation during the first high-level segment of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, carrying the message of agrifood systems as the linchpin to climate solutions.
From addressing Heads of State and Government at the World...
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November 2023: FAO experts in Brussels-engaging with partners and sharing knowledge
01/12/2023
Throughout the month of November, FAO experts participated in key events in Brussels, contributing to discussions on vital topics related to climate change, agriculture, and sustainable agrifood systems.
Rosa Rolle, FAO's Senior Enterprise Development Officer, participated at the 14th me...
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FAO report: Agrifood sector faces growing threat from climate change-induced loss and damage
01/12/2023
Agrifood systems are facing an escalating threat from climate change-induced loss and damage, and actions – including increasing financing— must be taken to address their vulnerabilities, according to a new...
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COP28: Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, FAO Director-General tells world leaders
01/12/2023
Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agrifood systems are the climate solution, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, told Heads of State and Government reunited at the
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Interview of the month: Alejandra Safa Barraza, Global Coordinator of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition
01/12/2023
When women suffer, numerous households experience food insecurity and pov...
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Agrifood Systems Transformation at the heart of the Renewed Partnership between the Government of Flanders (Belgium) and Malawi
29/11/2023
Since 2007, the Regional Government of Flanders (Belgium) and Malawi have been working together in the agricultural field, with FAO involved as an implementing partner.
The latest Country Strategy Paper for the Flanders-Malawi Cooperation for 2024-2028 was launched in early Novembe...
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FAO’s Statistical Yearbook 2023 goes live, highlights the impact of disasters on agriculture and cost of healthy diets
29/11/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched today its annual Statistical Yearbook, covering the latest trends in the world’s agrifood systems and highlighting for t...
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FAO at COP28: Agrifood systems solutions to shape climate agenda
27/11/2023
As the world grapples with the urgency of climate action, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will highlight at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP28 the unique potential of agrifoo...
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Codex Alimentarius: 60-year milestone in food safety
27/11/2023
The global food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission began...
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GIAHS: agriculture heritage at the heart of EU sustainable and territorial development
24/11/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels paid tribute to FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) flagship initiative with an in-person event to celebrate the achievements of the programme and its crucial role in preserving traditional agricultural systems and revitalizing...
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Turning Tunisia’s magnificent olives into liquid gold
24/11/2023
Olive production dates back thousands of years and continues to play a vital role in Tunisia's economy to this day, with olive groves covering about a third of the North African country's arable land. However, while Tunisia ranks third among the top exporters of olive oil in the world, most of...
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Why agrifood systems must be at the core of climate action: a COP28 preview with FAO climate expert
20/11/2023
As the world gears up for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in a year with soaring temperatures and progressive extreme weather events, attention is turning towards innovative solutions to address th...
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The role of seeds in transforming agrifood systems under the spotlight
20/11/2023
The role of seeds in addressing global challenges, such as loss of biodiversity and climate change, and the need for greater variety in the world’s “food basket” of key crops has come into sharp focus amid multiple crises and will be at the core of discussions as the governing body of the trea...
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How is antimicrobial resistance jeopardizing food security?
20/11/2023
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat of increasing concern to human and animal health. It also has implications for food safety, food security, and the economic well-being of millions of farming households.
In time for the World AMR Awareness Week, discover how FAO is ...
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QU Dongyu: Science and innovation are at the core of FAO's efforts to fight hunger
20/11/2023
Fighting global hunger requires greater and better investments in science, technology and innovation to ensure that our agrifood systems are able to produce more with less while leaving no one behind, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) tol...
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FAO Brussels Director exchanges views with the European Council of Young farmers (CEJA)
20/11/2023
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji participated in an exchange of views with CEJA’s young farmers on the state of play of global agrifood systems and ways to transform them.
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Sustainable Food Systems as Drivers for the Implementation of the SDGs – FAO at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
17/11/2023
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji and World Food Forum (WFF) Head of Youth Action and Policy, Pramisha Thapaliya, participated in the Joint meeting of the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) and Permanent Study Group on Sustainable Food Systems (PSG) entitled “Sustainable foo...
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Investment to restore Asia’s degraded forests and landscapes is critical to achieving global climate and biodiversity targets and safeguarding livelihoods
16/11/2023
Building momentum toward greater investment in Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Asia - involving both public and private sectors - is critical to meeting the challenges of climate change and securing millions of livelihoods across the region, an FLR investment forum heard today.
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