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Forestry working paper: Delivering tree genetic resources in forest and landscape restoration
19/01/2024
Ensuring the availability of seeds and seedlings from a range of tree species is crucial if we are to meet global targets on the restoration of degraded forests and landscapes, according to a new forestry working paper from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the...
COP28: FAO spotlights agrifood systems’ potential to address climate impacts and achieve 1.5°C goal
13/12/2023
Agrifood systems solutions are climate solutions and increased collaboration and finance are needed if the world is to achieve the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Upcoming webinar on 19 December: Launch of the FAO Biodiversity Knowledge Hub on the occasion of the First Anniversary of the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
06/12/2023
Time: 19 December 2023, 15:00-16:00 CET / 09:00-10:00 ET
World Soil Day 2023 highlights link between soil and water, increasingly crucial in face of climate crisis
05/12/2023
At global celebrations marking World Soil Day 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the vital link between soil and water in producing our food and the need for integrated management and conservation of these key resources to enable climate change miti...
FAO Council opens by highlighting the Organization’s comparative advantage in facing today’s global challenges
04/12/2023
The 174th Session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opened Monday with FAO Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizing that the Organization is well placed to drive much-needed progress on the main challenges facing the world today.
Agrifood Systems Transformation to Achieve Triple Wins: For People, for Climate and for Nature
02/12/2023
Agrifood systems play a pivotal role in achieving climate commitments globally. They can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience, and mitigate emissions, ensuring food security and nutrition while reversing environmental degradation and its impacts.
Workshop on ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at FAO headquarters in Rome
22/11/2023
From November 22nd to 24th, FAO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Environment Programme will be co-hosting a significant workshop focused on developing a roadmap for supporting ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal G...
The plants that feed the world
20/11/2023
With its Secretariat based at FAO, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ensures that the genetic resources of the crops most important to human diets are safeguarded and shared equitably around the world.
Statement by Dan Leskien at the Tenth Governing Body Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
20/11/2023
It is my great pleasure, as Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, to address the Governing Body at today’s opening session.
Seeds Provide Solutions to Safeguarding Our Future
13/11/2023
More than 600 delegates from all around the world will gather in Rome, from 20 to 24 November, to discuss how seeds can provide innovative solutions to the sustainable transformation of our agrifood systems and safeguarding biodiversity. The FAO Headquarters in Rome will host the Tenth Session of...
Biodiversity for food and agriculture: the foundation of our food systems
07/11/2023
The loss of biodiversity is seriously undermining our ability to feed and nourish an ever-growing global population. Biodiversity includes not only the plants and animals that we eat and that provide feed, fuel and fibre. Biodiversity for food and agriculture also includes the myriad of organisms...
New landmark study presents globally relevant metrics to inform strategies for plant genetic resources
23/10/2023
The International Treaty released a study, The plants that feed the world – Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, bringing together crucial data on over 350 food and agricultural crops, made possible in col...
On the road to net zero emissions with agrifood system solutions
22/09/2023
Kaveh Zahedi, leading FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment is attending high-level events at the UN General Assembly and events in partnership with businesses, climate philanthropists and other stakeholders, as part of Climate Week NYC. He bears a clear message for countri...
Саммит по ЦУР: участники проведенного ФАО Диалога на уровне министров уделили особое внимание связям между биоразнообразием и продовольственной безопасностью
19/09/2023
Во второй день Саммита ООН по ЦУР, перед началом общих прений, Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй провел в штаб-квартире ООН диалог на уровне министров, в ходе которого обсуждались возможности масштабирования мероприятий и...
Farmers’ Rights Take Centre Stage
12/09/2023
The first-ever Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights under the International Treaty of the FAO was inaugurated by the Honourable President of India, Ms Droupadi Murmu, in New Delhi today, amidst an audience of over 700 people from 52 countries, marking a crucial milestone in the global agricu...
Regional workshop: Taking action on biodiversity for food and agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
11/09/2023
Chile.
11-09-23 - 13-09-23
11-09-23 - 13-09-23
GIAHS and Biodiversity International Workshop 2023
06/08/2023
13 - 15 December 2023 (9:30 - 17.00 CET)
GIAHS sites are home to unique biodiversity and agrobiodiversity, which have been nurtured by farmers for generations by transmitting their traditional knowledge and agricultural methods. This workshop thus seeks to foster information exchange, ac...
UNFSS+2: Nations discuss successes and challenges to transform agrifood systems
25/07/2023
The second day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment started with a special plenary session led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) which focused on the successes and challenges that countries, organizations and other stakeholders have ex...
Работа ФАО в области продовольственных систем и безопасности пищевых продуктов Саммит ООН по продовольственным системам + 2: мероприятие по подведению итогов
24/07/2023
В понедельник в штаб-квартире Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) в Риме состоялась церемония открытия Саммита ООН по продовольственным системам +2: мероприятия по подведению итогов (СПС ООН +2). На церемонии, в которой приняли участие более 20 глав госуд...
CABI’s expertise shared at FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
21/07/2023
CABI’s expertise in the role that Digital Sequence Information (DSI) plays in the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture has been shared at a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) event in Rome, Italy.