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FAO’s One Country One Priority Product initiative celebrates milestones and aims for scaled implementation
26/04/2024
The second meeting for the Steering Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the implementation of One Country One Priority Product
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FAO launches global 10-year initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
25/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new action-oriented, country-focused initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials on farms, amid the growing threat posed by
Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical urgent action
24/04/2024
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Rome - According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) nearly 282 million people in 59 coun...
FAO Director of the Land and Water Division calls for gender equality and youth empowerment in access to land and water resources at EESC Hearing
22/04/2024
Lifeng LI, FAO Director of the Land and Water Division, joined a hearing hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the pressing topic of water politics and their implications for the empowerment of youth, women, indigenous, and local communities. LI’s intervention foc...
How to address the unequal distribution of value across the cocoa sector
21/04/2024
Mohamed Manssouri, Director of FAO Investment Centre, participated at the World Cocoa Conference 2024 held in Brussels, Belgium, from 21 to 24 April, where he shared his v...
Agroforestry systems in Cameroon and around the world: what definitions and ambitions for sustainable cocoa?
18/04/2024
Brussels, 18-19 April – Cameroon’s Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Council (CICC), FAO and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), organized a two-day workshop in Brussels on the theme of Agroforestry systems in Cameroon and around the world: what...
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Ensuring Healthy Diets for Better Nutrition for all
17/04/2024
Ghent, 17 April - The need to expand partnerships to foster healthier diets and better global nutrition was the main message of an event jointly organized by FAO Brussels, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and Ghent University, at the Ghent University Museum.&nb...
DDG Martina visits Belgium to strengthen transformative partnerships
16/04/2024
16 and 17 April 2024, Brussels |In a two-day visit to Brussels, FAO Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina met FAO partners and engaged in conversations to enhance collaboration aimed at fostering transformative initiatives also in preparation for the Thirty-fourth session of the FAO Re...
Enhancing the Dialogue: Private Sector Pre-Consultation – on the road to the 34th FAO European Regional Conference
15/04/2024
Brussels, 15 April – The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU), supported by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, organized a pre-consultation with private sector representatives in Brussels ahead of the Forty-fourth session of the
FAO guide to new International Day of Potato sets scene for first-ever observance on May 30
15/04/2024
As the world prepares to celebrate the first-ever International Day of Potato next month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is shining a spotlight on the enormous importance of this crop that feeds billions of us and on the further potential to be tapped.
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Towards Blue Transformation: Discover what sustainable aquatic food systems look like
11/04/2024
What does the ideal aquatic food system look like?
For starters, it would be able to provide sufficient aquatic food for our growing population in a sustainable way. It would contribute to improving the rights and incomes of communities that are dependent on fisheries and aquaculture and...
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FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
FAO Director-General says political commitment and more investments are critical in the fight against Peste des Petits Ruminants
09/04/2024
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu today called for urgent collective action and increased funding to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) during a meeting organized at FAO headquarters by the Friends of PPR group formed by...
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Agricultural Trade in SIDS: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
09/04/2024
Brussels, Geneva, New York and Rome, 9 April 2024 – The sixth edition of the FAO SIDS Solutions Dialogue focused on agricultural trade trends, challenges, and opportunities specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The hybrid event held in Geneva explored the role of trade in tra...
Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation
05/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering 150 tonnes, out of a total of 1500 tonnes, of animal fodder to 2 450 livestock-keeping households in the Gaza Strip to safeguard surviving animals and support local production of fresh nutritious food like mil...
One Planet, One Health: Five of the many issues FAO is tackling through the One Health approach
04/04/2024
The interdependence of health between people, animals, plants and the environment is undeniable.
The One Health approach recognizes this intricate web of life. Designed to balan...
In Focus: FAO response to global food security challenges
03/04/2024
Advancing Forest Policies: Insights from FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment Team at an event in the European Parliament
02/04/2024
Anssi Pekkarinen, Senior Forestry Officer and Team Leader of Global Forest Resources Assessment of FAO’s Forestry Division participated virtually in a roundtable discussion on the European Union’...
How can we reduce food loss and waste? It all starts with knowing how much is being lost and wasted and why
28/03/2024
Driving Sustainability: Innovation and Digitalization for Climate Action in Agrifood Systems
27/03/2024
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