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...

The UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) kicked off on Monday at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome with a high-level opening ceremony attended by over 20 heads of State and Government, and a strong call for accelerating action ...

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.

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), the only intergovernmental body that deals with all matters specifically related to biodiversity for food and agriculture, is marking its 40th anniversary, and the importance of its work was stressed today during a meeting in R...

This year FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 40. Its vision to value and conserve biodiversity for food and agriculture and promote its sustainable use in support of global food security and sustainable development, for present and future generations, is as re...

Three new sites in Asia are the latest to have been formally recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), underlining the importance of the continent’s centuries-old agricultural practices in feeding the world’s growing population and combating climate change and biodiv...

Today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, launched the FAO Park - Global Library of Trees and Flowers project, a green space initiative to educate the public about the importance of biodiv...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, re-elected on Sunday for a second term at the head of the Organizat...

Capitalisant sur une dynamique de plus en plus forte qui consiste à s’attaquer aux problèmes environnementaux en s’intéressant aux modalités de production des aliments et des fibres que nous consommons, le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial a approuvé 26 projets menés par l’Organisation des Natio...

Au Bhoutan, des jeunes gens se tournent vers l’agriculture après la pandémie de covid-19

M. Qu Dongyu, Directeur général de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), a déclaré, lors d’une réunion des ministres de l’agriculture du G20 que les systèmes agroalimentaires devaient faire partie de la solution apportée à l’appauvrissement de la biodiversit...

 Address by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General

The Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Leadership Program of the Iowa State University presents a special seminar on Innovations in breeding livestock for adaptation to climate change: Genome editing in livestock Challenges in animal phenotyping.

Biodiversity is the basis of life on Earth. We live biodiversity, we eat biodiversity and we are biodiversity. Without it, our world would be lifeless. The Earth's diverse ecosystems provide us with essential services, from clean air and water to food and medicine. In today's rapidly changing wor...

Depuis 2018, 24 nouveaux sites dans 12 pays ont été déclarés systèmes ingénieux du patrimoine agricole mondial (SIPAM).
Ils constituent des paysages naturels splendides, mais sont aussi associés à des pratiques agricoles qui font vivre les zones rurales en alliant biodiversité, résilience des ...

Amidst the vast expanse of Mongolia's high altitude Great Plateau, a remarkable story unfolds - one of endurance, adaptation, and unwavering resilience. The nation's unique livestock breeds are a symbol of pride and a vital backbone of the country's economy.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked today World Bee Day 2023 with a global ceremony in which participants emphasized the importance of promoting sustainable agricultural practices that respect the vital role pollinators play in nature.

Less than nine percent of Uzbekistan has forest coverage and even this is rapidly shrinking because of changing climatic conditions, uncontrolled animal husbandry, increasing demand for industrial and fuel wood and the expansion of irrigated agriculture.

Millets grow well in Bihar, a state in eastern India, but farmers stopped cultivating the crop and lost its seeds. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) funds a project that reintroduced millets and other crops through community seed banks and on-farm trials. 

Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in the face of the latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).