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![]() Committee on World Food Security Third OEWG on Sustainable Development GoalsAt its 42nd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the creation of an Open Ended Working Group [...] |
27.04.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The event will focus on the reciprocal relationship between soils and pulses, while also discussing how the cultivation of pulses [...] |
19.04.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing [...] |
15.04.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() Sea containers may carry interior and exterior contamination. With international trade expanding, the threat of pests of plants, including invasive [...] |
07.04.2016 | 15:00 |
![]() Different innovative technologies for detecting pests will be presented during this session, including the use of trained dogs. The Kansas State [...] |
07.04.2016 | 13:00 |
![]() The Online Commenting System (OCS) has been used by IPPC Contracting Parties to gather, submit and compile comments on the [...] |
06.04.2016 | 18:30 |
![]() Various web interfaces and applications to support the usage, sharing, and capturing of identification-related pest information will be highlighted during [...] |
06.04.2016 | 13:00 |
![]() Invasive ants are well known globally for their severe environmental, social and economic impact. The issue of invasive ants is [...] |
05.04.2016 | 18:30 |
![]() In 2013 a new strain of X. fastidiosa sub. pauca was found in the South of Italy - a first [...] |
04.04.2016 | 17:30 |
![]() The governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) - the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) - meets in [...] |
04.04.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO, will open a special event at FAO Headquarters celebrating the 2016 International Day [...] |
21.03.2016 | 12:00 |
![]() Jointly organized by the FAO, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – and [...] |
17.03.2016 | 13:30 |
![]() Jointly organized by the FAO, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – and [...] |
17.03.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Reporting of outcomes from the three parallel sessions dedicated to the Climate change theme, by Olivier Le Gall, Institut National [...] |
17.02.2016 | 12:30 |
![]() Chair: Olivier le Gall, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France Co-chair: Chittaranjan Kole, Jacob School of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Chair: Maggie Gill, CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council, Rome, Italy Introductory remarks: Maggie Gill Our food, our diet, our health: Where do [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Chair: Kongming Wu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Introductory remarks: Kongming Wu Biosciences capacity building in Africa: Lessons learned from [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Organizers: Governments of Canada and the United States of America Facilitator: Frédéric Seppey, Chief Agriculture Negotiator, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Speakers: Veronica McGuire, [...] |
16.02.2016 | 17:45 |
![]() Participating universities include:•American University of Beirut, Lebanon•Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia•Cornell University, the United States of America•Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia•Università [...] |
16.02.2016 | 17:30 |
![]() The high-level segment will be organized in two sessions and is expected to follow this format: Session 1 (14.30-15.50) 14.30-14.40: Opening [...] |
16.02.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() Organizer: Canadian Canola Growers AssociationCo-organizer: Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) Moderator: Thiago Masson, CNA, Brazil Speakers: Edwin Paraluman, Rice and corn farmer, Mindanao, The [...] |
16.02.2016 | 13:15 |
![]() Organizer: Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands Moderator: Gerda Verburg (Permanent Representative of the Netherlands) Speakers: Rene Smulders (Business Unit Manager, [...] |
16.02.2016 | 13:15 |
![]() Chair: Shadrack Moephuli, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South AfricaCo-chair: Thuy Nguyen, BioSciences Research Division, Melbourne, Australia Introductory remarks: Thuy Nguyen Fish breeding for [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair sub-session 1: Sergio Feingold, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChair sub-session 2: Delia Grace, International Livestock Research [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair: Vimlendra Sharan, Embassy of India, Rome, ItalyIntroductory remarks: Vimlendra Sharan The role of intellectual property rights in enabling or impeding [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair: Chittaranjan Kole, Jacob School of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Allahabad, IndiaIntroductory remarks: Chittaranjan Kole Developing rice varieties with enhanced adaptation to lowland [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Chair: Sergio Feingold, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCo-chair: Thuy Nguyen, BioSciences Research Division, Melbourne, Australia Introductory remarks: Thuy Nguyen Resource [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Chair: Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi, IndiaCo-chair: Eduardo Trigo, Ministry of Science, Technology and [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Organizers: Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International; DuPont Pioneer and The Global Harvest Initiative.Moderator: Margaret M. Zeigler, Executive Director, Global Harvest [...] |
15.02.2016 | 12:45 |
![]() Organizers: (1) CropLife International, Belgium and (2) the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University, United States of America Moderator: [...] |
15.02.2016 | 12:45 |
![]() Welcome Address, by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO, Rome, Italy Keynote Addresses: • The state of knowledge in biotechnology, by Louise Fresco, [...] |
15.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() The meeting will host Mr Toby Lanzer, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, who will provide [...] |
02.02.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() The changing climate that confronts food production can have a significant effect on crop losses due to pest and diseases. An [...] |
27.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() Livestock diversity underpins the provision of livestock products and services and serves as a basis for adapting livestock management to [...] |
27.01.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() At its 42nd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the creation of an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) [...] |
21.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() FAO's new book, "Save and Grow in practice: maize, rice, wheat. A guide to sustainable cereal production", describes a sustainable, [...] |
19.01.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() The objective of this first meeting will be to review the proposals prepared by the CFS Secretariat with inputs from [...] |
14.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The purposes of these consultations are to reflect on GACSA’s inception year aimed at identifying areas of major/strategic advancements, weakness [...] |
13.01.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() The purposes of these consultations are to reflect on GACSA’s inception year aimed at identifying areas of major/strategic advancements, weakness [...] |
13.01.2016 | 09:15 |
![]() The Kingdom of the Netherlands is pleased to announce the upcoming seminar on added value of partnerships between the UN [...] |
17.12.2015 | 16:15 |
![]() The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), DigitalGlobe and the [...] |
17.12.2015 | 10:00 |
![]() The State of Agricultural Commodities 2015–16 focuses on the impacts of agricultural trade on food security and on how agricultural [...] |
09.12.2015 | 11:00 |
![]() The side event launches the FAO and IFPRI Technical Platform on Food Loss and Waste. In May 2015, the G20 [...] |
04.12.2015 | 14:00 |
![]() The General Assembly of the United Nations in December 2013 designated 5 December as World Soil Day (WSD) and declared [...] |
04.12.2015 | 12:30 |
![]() One year after ICN2, this event will present the new global architecture that is emerging to support the comprehensive approach [...] |
03.12.2015 | 12:45 |
![]() African Union Commission, World Rural Forum, Thai Ministry, the National Geographic Society and field officers garner awards from FAOAs the [...] |
30.11.2015 | 17:00 |
![]() Few days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
20.11.2015 | 16:15 |
![]() Few days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
20.11.2015 | 09:30 |
![]() Few days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
19.11.2015 | 10:00 |
![]() The 12th George McGovern lecture by Dr. Rajiv Shah is organized by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies [...] |
16.11.2015 | 14:30 |