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FAO and the EU highlight the vital role of biodiversity in building sustainable food systems

24/06/2020

Preserving our planet's natural resources while ensuring food security and healthy diets for all...

Responding creatively to crises with non-traditional farming

17/06/2020

Tunnel and vertical gardens are shortening supply chains, ensuring access to fresh food during the COVID-19 pandemic

FAO, GAIN and Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World launch new online dashboard to inform better food policy

02/06/2020

FAO, GAIN and The Johns Hopkins Alliance launch a new online tool to help decision-makers understand their food systems and identify levers of change.

Cities work to ensure urban access to food in times of COVID-19

01/06/2020

COVID-19 is creating significant food security and nutrition challenges that cities worldwide need to respond to and that go beyond the health emergency. FAO recently set up a survey targeting municipalities worldwide and that received responses from over

Local food system responses to COVID-19: Toronto and its city region

20/05/2020

Toronto and its city region – known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe – is the most populous area in Canada, with nine million inhabitants. As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economy, leading to spiraling unemployment, increas

Betting on Aeroponics to increase food security in Rwanda

13/05/2020

Growing food without soil or natural light is not something many Rwandans had seen or heard about. Agriculture – growing crop in soil and relying on natural rain and sun is embedded in the culture of the people of Rwanda.

In times of COVID-19, Bolivian urban farmers rethink their ways of working

05/05/2020

Home deliveries help provide fresh food to cities during the pandemic...

FAO and ECDPM to stimulate sustainable investments in Africa’s agri-food systems

30/04/2020

FAO has signed an Operational Partnership Agreement (OPA) with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), a global think tank for policy analyses on inclusive and sustainable development. The two organizations will work together to imp

FAO at the World Urban Forum: Promoting food systems and green spaces for sustainable cities

23/04/2020

FAO Urban Food Agenda priorities on integrating food systems and green spaces have drawn the attention to urban planning for the future of cities at the tenth World Urban Forum.

COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?

30/03/2020

COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?

COVID-19: impact on food and agriculture

23/03/2020

Q&A: COVID-19 pandemic – impact on food and agriculture

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

09/03/2020

FAO, IFAD and WFP mark International Women’s Day

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence's transformative power to make food systems more efficient, sustainable and inclusive

02/03/2020

FAO Director-General signs up to ethical resolution on AI endorsed by Pope Francis

Five ways to make cities healthier and more sustainable

11/02/2020

Cities are growing – and so is the opportunity to make them sustainable

FAO to participate at the 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi

04/02/2020

Organized and convened by UN-Habitat every 2 years the World Urban Forum is the foremost international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanization, and for monitoring the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), the Glo

FAO to hold International Consultation on the Urban Food Agenda

20/11/2019

Today, more than 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas and consumes 70% of all food produced globally. By 2050, the urban population is expected to grow even more. This presents a challenge: urban areas need efficient food systems that ensure