On 10 July, FAO, DESA and the European Union convened a side event at the UN Headquarters in New York,  “Uniting Forces: Integrating Science, Policy and Society to Achieve Zero Hunger" help in UNHQ.

A two-day UN Expert Group Meeting (EGM) was held at FAO headquarters in Rome Italy from 26-27 March, organized by FAO, in collaboration with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), convening over 40 experts from around the world, to assess global progress towards targets under Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) and strategize recommendations to accelerate action to meet these objectives.

FREETOWN, 6^th May 2024

The HASTEN Project, a joint initiative between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Governments of Rwanda, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone, em...

MASERU, 18th June 2024 

The HASTEN Project, a joint initiative between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Governments of Rwanda, Lesotho and Sierra Leone, empowers young leaders to drive agrifood system transformations. With it...

Kigali, 9^th May 2024

The HASTEN Project, a joint initiative between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Governments of Rwanda, Lesotho, an...

Insights from the FAO Agrifood Innovation Finance Debate 

The Agrifood Innovation Finance Debate provided a dynamic platform for small and medium-sized agrifood enterprises (SMEs) and investors to explore diverse perspectives on the financing obstacles and opportunities, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia. 

Participate in our online call for stakeholders to share examples of governance-related measures and interventions with transformative impact for agrifood systems. 

The 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum, held on 30 January, included a dedicated SDG Action Segment for Goal 2, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Major Group for Science and Technology, and the UN Major Group for Children and Youth. With the aim of providing inputs into the High-level Political Forum, which is this year conducting an in-depth review of SDG 2, the Segment shared good practices and innovative strategies to strengthen and facilitate meaningful multi-stakeholder partnerships to support agrifood systems transformation. 

The Office of Sustainable Development Goals (OSG) is pleased to share the 2nd edition of FAO and the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review: Guidance note for Regional and Country Offices. Featuring country examples and extracts from global voluntary national review (VNR) reports, this guidance note details the VNR process and elaborates on the importance of leveraging agrifood systems transformations as a key accelerator for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Director-General QU Dongyu will lead FAO delegation at the global event in Dubai, where the Organization will launch a series of reports and co-host the Food and Agriculture Pavilion

Innovators from the FAO SDG Agrifood Accelerator Programme have been shining a spotlight on their pioneering enterprises at numerous high-level events over the last number of months, including at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) and the 2023 World Food Forum, highlighting the vital role SMEs play in catalyzing effective food system transformation while simultaneously accelerating SDG implementation at local levels.

10月16-20日，罗马联合国粮农组织总部即将迎来全世界领导人、专家、创新变革人士以及青年和土著活动先锋，共谋可持续发展大计

The recent SDG Summit held in New York on September 18-19, 2023, has once again demonstrated the world's commitment to the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the challenges and setbacks over the last number of years, the adoption by consensus of the negotiated Political Declaration, which was subsequently endorsed by the UN General Assembly, reaffirms the SDGs as our primary roadmap for achieving sustainable development and addressing the multifaceted crises of our time.

Opinion article by Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the Office of Sustainable Development Goals in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

在联合国大会高级别周第二天，日本、意大利和阿拉伯联合酋长国共同举办了一场高级别边会活动。联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总干事屈冬玉出席会议并发表重要讲话，敦促各方加强政治责任担当，凝聚发展合力，推进农业粮食体系转型，加快实现可持续发展目标。

总干事介绍由粮农组织牵头的粮食体系转型高影响力倡议；粮农组织共同牵头并配合实施其他倡议，因地施策、保护自然、支持社会保护

Let us seize this opportunity of the 2023 SDG Summit to safeguard the 2030 Agenda and build a sustainable future that leaves no one behind.

Opinion article by Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the Office of Sustainable Development Goals in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

联合国可持续发展目标峰会即将于纽约开幕，粮农组织发布最新报告，结论发人深省

Revisit the key inputs, discussions and outcomes of UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment, which took place at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 24 - 26 July 2023. This global event served as a worldwide stocktaking meeting to review progress in implementing food systems transformations and its contributions to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. 

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019.