FAO in Geneva
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (FAO in Geneva) is working with partners to achieve FAO’s corporate goal and the wider Sustainable Development Agenda. It works as an advocacy and partnership platform, to ensure FAO’s role and impact is well understood... find out more.
Through the FAO in Geneva Thematic Dialogue Series, it is also championing key thematic issues of importance to FAO, its members and partners, leveraging key field work of the Organization.
Recent and upcoming events
7/ 10
2024
Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS
Genf (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 07/10/2024
The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs in collaboration with FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division are organizing a hybrid dialogue event on `Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS´ to explore potential solutions that respond to the calls made at the SIDS4 confer...
11/ 9
2024
FAO at the WTO Public Forum 2024
Genève (Switzerland), 11/09/2024
The FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol will participate in the High-level panel 'Sowing inclusivity: rethinking agricultural trade for all'. This debate will consider how trade in agriculture can be improved to ensure more people benefit from it. Panellists will assess the progress of the WTO's agriculture agenda, including at the most recent Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, and consi...
Highlights
IN FOCUS
Climate action
Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change.
FAO IN GENEVA THEMATIC DIALOGUE SERIES
New Dialogue series on Agroecology
Agroecology and its principles are increasingly recognized as a promising pathway for providing sustainable solutions to the issues of food security and nutrition
Publications
FAO Flagship publications
FAO’s State of the World publications provide a comprehensive overview
of the most pressing global issues associated with food and agriculture.
WEBSITE
FAO emergencies and resilience
In emergencies, FAO saves lives, safeguards livelihoods, and lays the foundations for resilience.
In Depth
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FAO Observances
- International Year of Camelids 2024
- UN Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) - Led by FAO and IFAD
- UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) - Led by FAO and WHO
- UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) - Led by FAO and UNEP