8th World Forest Week

Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2022 - 07/10/2022

The 8th World Forest Week (WFW2022) will feature a series of inspiring events bringing FAO Member States, a range of partner organizations, leaders, science and youth to discuss a broad range of topics at the margins of the 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO).

Preparatory events towards the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition

Virtual Event, 28/09/2022 - 30/11/2022

FAO and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are organizing a series of events to support the preparation of the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition and thereby ensure that it can facilitate valuable exchanges of experiences between parliamentarians stimulating renewed parliamentary acts to tackle hung...

First Global Forum of the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028

Virtual Event, 19/09/2022 - 22/09/2022

After three years of implementation, the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) will host its first Global Forum on 19-22 September 2022. Co-organized by FAO-IFAD, the Forum will leverage the experiences of different actors to take stock of the achievements and challenges faced since launching the UNDFF. Discussions will lead to the identification of priority policies and technical areas...

Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition

Virtual Event, 26/07/2022 - 29/07/2022

The Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition - “Soils, where food begins,” was held in a virtual format from 26 to 29 July 2022. The Symposium brought science and policy together to review the status and challenges of soil fertility in relation with crop, animal and human nutrition. Humans, like microorganisms, plants, and animals, need sufficient food to survive. But food must be safe and nu...

FAO at Stockholm+50

Hybrid Event, 02/06/2022 - 03/06/2022

Today there is less food security, less health security, less economic security and greater inequality.

By recognizing the importance of multilateralism in tackling the multiple crises facing today’s world. Stockholm+50 will act as a springboard to accelerate the implementation of the U...

Mediterranean Diet & Agricultural Heritage - As smooth as oil

Virtual Event, 26/05/2022

The Italian Permanent Representation to the UN Agencies in Rome and the Secretariat of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) are pleased to announce the webinar “As smooth as oil.Discovering traditions, properties and benefits of Olive oil and other traditional vegetable oils”.  

33rd session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe

Łódź (Poland), Hybrid Event, 10/05/2022 - 13/05/2022

The Thirty-third Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) is open to all FAO Members in the Europe and Central Asia region. It also is open to representatives of United Nations bodies and specialized agencies and selected observers from intergovernmental and international non-governmental sectors, research/academia, the private sector and entities representing the civil societ...

FAO at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Conference (UNCCD COP15)

Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), Hybrid Event, 09/05/2022 - 20/05/2022

The aim of this year’s conference is to finalize remaining decisions to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, FAO is present to reinforce its commitment to supporting countries in the climate negotiations, particularly through the implementation of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, by scaling up Nationally Determined Contribution commitments, enhancing action related ...

Vision for the future: transition to digital agriculture

Baku (Azerbaijan), Hybrid Event, 06/05/2022

32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Hybrid Event, 11/04/2022 - 14/04/2022

The FAO Regional Conference for Africa is a forum to discuss current country and regional priorities and pressing issues in the region including the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on food security and nutrition, the urgent need for food systems transformation, and innovations and partnerships to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

37th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

Quito (Ecuador), Hybrid Event, 28/03/2022 - 01/04/2022

FAO Member countries unanimously approved the new FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031, which calls for supporting the 2030 Agenda through transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems, to achieve better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

Dhaka (Bangladesh), Hybrid Event, 08/03/2022 - 11/03/2022

The Thirty-sixth Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific will be held from March 8 to 11, 2022 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Following the successful virtual format of the Thirty-fifth Session, it has been decided to hold this session as a hybrid with both live in-person and virtual conferencing modes.

36th Session  of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

Baghdad (Iraq), Hybrid Event, 07/02/2022 - 08/02/2022

In this light, the 36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC 36) is held this year under the theme " Recover and Restart: Innovations for better, greener and more resilient agrifood systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.

Secrets of the tomato

Virtual Event, 02/02/2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is pleased to announce the webinar Secrets of the tomato - Exploring the cultural roots, health benefits and economic potential of that wonderful little fruit called the tomato, on February 2nd 2022 as part of the initiative “Mediterranean Diet’s Principles for Agenda 2030” co-organized with the Permanent R...

42nd session of the European Commission on Agriculture

Virtual Event, 19/01/2022 - 21/01/2022

To assist the region’s Members in cooperating on agricultural problems and to make recommendations on all matters within its geographical and technical competence, FAO convenes the European Commission on Agriculture every two years, between sessions of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe.

Reflecting the current nutritional ...

Let’s give the gift of a sustainable city

Rome (Italy), 08/12/2021 - 07/01/2022

The holiday season is a time for hope. It’s a moment to think about our future and the city you want to live in. This year, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are wrapped as Christmas parcels at Rome’s Piazza Venezia, and in 14 neighbourhoods, calling on citizens to be part of the change.  

International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021

Noto (Japan), 25/11/2021 - 27/11/2021

The International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021 organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will be held in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 

Global Conference on Green Development of Seed Industries

Virtual Event, 04/11/2021 - 05/11/2021

The Global Conference on Green Development of Seed Industries is a means for FAO to provide a neutral forum for its members, partners, industry leaders, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to engage in focused dialogues on how best to make quality seeds of preferred productive, nutritious and resilient crop varieties available to farmers.

FAO at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)

Glasgow (United Kingdom), 31/10/2021 - 12/11/2021

The aim of this year’s conference is to finalize remaining decisions to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, FAO is present to reinforce its commitment to supporting countries in the climate negotiations, particularly through the implementation of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, by scaling up Nationally Determined Contribution commitments, enhancing action related ...

Symposium on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Family Farming

Virtual Event, 18/10/2021 - 20/10/2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Programme will organize the International Symposium on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Family Farming from 18th to 20th of October 2021.