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The FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) 2023 under the theme of “Science and Innovation for Climate Action” will focus on promoting discussions on specific and concrete actions to harness science and innovation on climate action for agrifood systems transformation. Session: Enabling Research, Science, and Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) WHEN: 19 October 2023|11:00 - 12:30 (CEST) Rome time (Hybrid event) This session shares experiences and insights on facilitating access to science, research, and innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States to strengthen capabilities in climate change adaptation, mitigation,...

Brasilia, October 10, 2023 -Over the course of three days, representatives from the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru, as well as from the cotton sector, the textile industry, and artisans, participated in the celebrations of the World Cotton Day 2023. The Cotton Week in Latin America took place from October 4th to 6th in Brasília, capital of Brazil.

On 17 October, FAO will host the Fifth Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable – a hybrid, interactive dialogue on the role of FAO partnerships with academia and research institutions to address climate change and food security, as a side event at the World Food Forum (WFF). Climate change is increasingly threatening the global goal to end hunger, causing disruption to agrifood systems and impacting food security and nutrition for the most vulnerable countries and populations. Ambitious action and...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Foro Rural Mundial (FRM) han renovado su colaboración a través de un nuevo Memorando de Entendimiento (MdE), reafirmando su creencia compartida de que los agricultores y las agricultoras familiares desempeñan un papel crucial para lograr la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios y los objetivos de la Agenda 2030. Este nuevo MdE proporciona un marco de tres años que...

According to Therese Kansayisa, one of the farmers participating in the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE) in Rwanda’s Ngoma district, yields per hectare have increased from 30 to 70 percent and child malnutrition has decreased thanks to the project’s activities.