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Slow Food and FAO Celebrate World Food Day with a Bean Supper
25/10/2022
24 October 2022, Washington, DC – To mark World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America partnered with Slow Food USA and Slow Food DC to host a bean supper at Equinox Restaurant in Washington, DC....
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2022 World Food Day: Leaving No One Behind
25/10/2022
25 October 2022, Washington, DC - Amid deteriorating global food security, this year World Food Day was marked under theme of “Leaving No One Behind,” with the aim of building a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nu...
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FAO Director-General emphasizes the key role of stronger and sustainable agrifood systems to avoid forced displacement at International Dialogue on Migration
24/10/2022
Rome - Rural areas bear the greatest burden related to forced displacement, both of in terms of outmigration and hosting large numbers of incomers, highlighte...
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World Food Forum calls to keep trade in fertilizers open and increase their affordability and accessibility for farmers
21/10/2022
Rome - Market transparency is crucial when it comes to trade in fertilizers since reduced availability and accessibility, interruption of supply chains and soaring prices jeopardize farmers’ ability to grow food and push more people to the brink of hunger, FAO Director-Genera...
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Harnessing Agricultural Innovation to Combat the Climate Crisis
20/10/2022
20 October 2021, Des Moines, Iowa - “We kn...
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National, local leaders address global food system challenges at Ohio State summit
20/10/2022
An international conversation about the world’s profound food security challenges came to The Ohio State University for North America’s official celebration of World Food Day on Oct. 16.
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Central America’s Dry Corridor: Turning emergency into opportunities
19/10/2022
Rome – With rural hunger at very high levels in Central America’s Dry Corridor region, the time has come to “turn this emergency corridor into a corridor of opportunities,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...
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World Food Forum: Science, technology and innovation take centre stage in transforming our agrifood systems
19/10/2022
Rome – The World Food Forum’s first ever Science and Innovati...
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World Food Forum: Hand-in-Hand Initiative brings partners into the agrifood family
19/10/2022
Rome - With the ongoing crisis and pandemic, more and more governments recognize the need to invest in long-term food security and poverty reduction, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today.
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Youth Stories and Innovations for a Food Forward World
18/10/2022
18 October 2022, Washington, DC - To celebrate youth stories and innovations to create a sustainable future of food, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America and Planet Forward co-hosted a regional satellite event durin...
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At World Food Forum, FAO Director-General emphasizes the value of indigenous knowledge
18/10/2022
Rome - Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge are central to a sustainable futu...
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World Food Day Resolution Calls for Action Against Hunger
16/10/2022
16 October 2022, Washington, ...
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World Food Day 2022: Call to leave no one behind comes at critical juncture for global food security
14/10/2022
Rome - World Food Day 2022 celebrations were held in Rome today under th...
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In celebration of World Food Day, Canadian monuments will light the skies blue
14/10/2022
14 October 2022, Washington, DC - From east to west, Canada will celebrate World Food Day 2022 with major monuments lit blue in Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Edmonton on October 16.
World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and...
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FAO’s Director of Food and Nutrition Lynnette Neufeld Visits Washington, DC
14/10/2022
14 October 2022,...
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Agricultural aid: a game changer in tackling hunger crises
13/10/2022
Rome - The alarming signs of growing acute food insecurity should make us rethink the way we tackle hunger crises by addressing the root causes rather than ju...
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World Food Heroes (Canada): Jacob Beaton and Jessica Ouellette are helping to revitalize the food security, food sovereignty & health of Indigenous nations
13/10/2022
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World Food Heroes (USA): Sophia Roe is bridging the gap between people and the food they consume
12/10/2022
“Stories are what are actually going to change the way people feel about their food systems.”
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Chef, Writer and TV Host, Sophia Roe lives in Brooklyn, New York and is passionate about food. She loves to disco...
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FAO ready to help map a pathway out of global food crisis | Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Agriculture Ministers Meeting
11/10/2022
Rome - Risk factors that could push today’s food access crisis into tomorrow’s food availability crisis are growing, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), told international policy makers today.
“We must all w...
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October 16: World Food Day Official Celebration 2022 in Columbus, Ohio
10/10/2022
Join us for World Food Day on October 16!
This year, #WorldFoodDay is marked in a year where the world faces profound food security challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, compounded by inequality and ...