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The State of Food and Agriculture 2024: Value-driven transformation of agrifood systems
Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities generate significant benefits for society, but also have negative impacts on economic, social and...
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Technical Roadmap on Agriculture, Biodiversity and Food Security: from Commitments to Actions
The Technical Roadmap offers concrete recommendations that can be integrated into the strategies and actions of your respective organizations. These recommendations aim to strengthen our collective advocacy for shared actions to promote sustainable agriculture, preserve biodiversity, and ensure food...
Launch of the Flagship Publication "The State of Food and Agriculture 2024"
Save-the-Date for SOFA 2024.
The new 2024 edition of the State of Food and Agriculture in the World (SOFA) will be launched on Friday, 8th November 2024 from 12.30pm CET (Rome time). The report looks into value-driven transformation of agrifood systems, where we refine the global estimates of the "hidden costs" of agrifood systems, and take a look at case studies using true cost accounting (TCA) to break down the hidden costs on our health, the environment and society.
Interpretation will be provided in all 6 UN languages:
- Register on Zoom here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p2S0FeutSQ6CW0zDmu_kkQ#/registration
- Or watch on web cast here on the day: https://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/6777/icode/
- And see previous editions of the SOFA reports here: https://www.fao.org/publications/sofa
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Community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality
The objective of this call for submissions is to collect good practices, experiences, and lessons learnt on the use of community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality. The initiative, organized by the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), seeks to gather insights from a diverse range of contributors, both within FAO and from external stakeholders. Its goal is to share knowledge, foster learning, and guide the scaling up of community engagement and community-led collective action to leave no one behind. The call builds on FAO's past efforts in this area, such as the Community Engagement Days series of webinars.
Reports and briefs
Harvesting change: Harnessing emerging technologies and innovations for agrifood system transformation
Global foresight synthesis report "Harvesting change: Harnessing emerging technologies and innovations for agrifood system transformation" (2023). FAO’s Office of Innovation is working with partners on an FAO Chief Scientist initiative on Foresight on emerging agrifood technologies and innovations...
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Call for Experiences, Good Practices and Scalable Solutions for Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agriculture
This call was organized for the FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment in the context of the International Symposium "Agriculture, Biodiversity and Food Security: From Commitments to Actions", to be held in Canada, from 30 April to 2 May 2024. Through this call, the steering committee of the Symposium and its co-chairs invited stakeholders to submit contributions on experiences and best practices, and concrete, scalable solutions concerning biodiversity and agriculture, in order to inform the Symposium and facilitate the development of recommendations.
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How can the hidden costs and benefits of agrifood systems be effectively incorporated into decision-making for transformation?
The 2023 edition of FAO’s flagship publication “The State of Food and Agriculture 2023” (SOFA 2023) has the theme “Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems”. The report presents the results of national-level true cost accounting (TCA) assessments for 154 countries. The SOFA 2024 will showcase the flexibility of TCA in its application to different scopes, from an entire agrifood system down to a single product. The aim of this call is to collect relevant inputs, key messages, and country level case studies to contribute to the writing process of SOFA 2024 (to be published in November 2024).
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In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2023
Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, The State of Food and Agriculture 2023, contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media, policymakers and more general public.
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2023
Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 looks into the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems. The report introduces the concept of hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of agrifood systems and proposes an...
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Reports and briefs
Revealing the hidden costs of agrifood systems to enhance their value
Background document to the FAO flagship The State of Food and Agriculture 2023. Agrifood systems are invaluable to society. However, they also contribute to climate change and natural resource degradation while failing to provide healthy diets to all. Many of these impacts are not included in market...
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