International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste | Webcast and Agenda

Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2023

Take action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems!

The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will make a clear call to action for public and private entities to take action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 agenda. Get involved!

ADMI - Institute for the prevention of postharvest loss | IDAFLW Newsletter

Virtual Event, 29/09/2023

Please join us in calling to action both the public (national or local authorities) and the private sector (businesses and individuals) to prioritize actions and move ahead with innovation to reduce food loss and waste towards restoring and building back better and resilient-ready, food systems. 

IDAFLW event at the University of Nairobi

Nairobi (Kenya), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2023

A campaign for IDAFLW launched at University of Nairobi. TV/Radio talk shows were organzied to promote the IDAFLW. It is physical at University of Nairobi featuring various activities including presentations, panel discussions, plays/song/poem and a cooking demonstration - reuse of food. The panel discussion is livestreamed. 

FEBA Annual Convention

Madrid (Spain), Hybrid Event, 27/09/2023 - 29/09/2023

The European Food Banks Federation is bringing the right top thinkers together in Madrid for the FEBA Annual Convention 2023, which is organised in collaboration with Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL) on 27-29 September 2023.

Presenting the Guidelines for action on food loss and waste reduction in the Near East and North Africa

Virtual Event, 20/09/2023

Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important entry point to more sustainable, resilient and equitable agrifood systems in the Near East and North Africa (NENA). Interventions to reduce FLW support adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, lower the pressure on scarce water and arable land resources, preserve and deliver nutritious food ...

4th All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 19/09/2023 - 22/09/2023

Hosted by the African Union Commission (AUC) at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the congress is being organized by the AUC in collaboration with various partners, including development partners, private sector actors, academic/research institutions, and civil society.

Knowledge sharing, learning and technical exchange on food loss and waste reduction webinar focus on Latin America

Virtual Event, 22/06/2023

SAVE the DATE! The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host an online knowledge-sharing webinar to promote awareness of tools and methodologies in the framework of the Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste (TPFLW) for South America.

Registration link soon available!

The Transformation We Need | 4th global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme

Hanoi (Vietnam), 24/04/2023 - 27/04/2023

Contributing to the 2023 Stock-Taking Moment of the UN FSS follow-up process, this conference will look at how food systems need to be transformed to overcome these crises in order to minimize the risk of global collapse and achieve the SDGs.

Food Loss and Waste in Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chains | IFPRI policy seminar

Virtual Event, 14/03/2023

The seminar will take a closer look at fruits and vegetables, which are among the healthiest but most wasted foods. Given their perishable nature, great care, attention, and cooperation along all parts of fruit and vegetable value chains are required to reduce food loss and waste.

International Year of Millets

Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023

The United Nations General Assembly at its 75th session in March 2021 declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the Year in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders. Millets can grow on arid lands with minimal inputs and are resilient to changes in climate.