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2024

Hybrid Event, 26/03/2024

Centered around the theme Seeds of Equity: Women Driving Growth and Innovation in Agriculture, this gathering explores the pivotal role women play in successfully meeting global food security and agricultural challenges. Through a powerful series of keyno

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2024

Hybrid Event, 08/03/2024

FAO's new report – The unjust climate: Measuring the impact of climate change on the poor, women, and youth – demonstrates how climate stressors widen the income gap among rural people along the lines of class, gender, and age. By combining socioeconomic

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2024

Hybrid Event, 05/03/2024

Climate change is dramatically constraining opportunities to leverage agrifood systems to reduce poverty and hunger. The disparities in climate vulnerabilities within rural areas are considerable, and current funding to support climate actions falls woefu

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2024

Hybrid Event, 01/03/2024

FAO is pleased to invite you to the hybrid event on "Building resilient agri-food systems in fragile contexts: what can we learn from an HDP and climate nexus perspective?", organized at the World Bank Fragility Forum 2024. The session will engage partn

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2024

Hybrid Event, 30/01/2024

Organized by the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York, and Washington D.C, the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Environment and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Office in Europe (Brussels and Geneva).  Join us: To get in

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2023

Hybrid Event, 05/12/2023

Soil and water provide the foundation for food production, ecosystems, and human well-being. Recognizing their invaluable roles, we can take proactive measures to safeguard these resources for future generations.

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 04/12/2023 - 12/12/2023

FAO at COP28 - The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12 December. The Conference is set to be a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate c

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 16/10/2023 - 03/07/2023

2023 World Food Forum: Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action The agrifood systems that encompass the journey of food from farm to table and beyond touch every aspect of our lives and reach every corner of the planet. Yet instead of h

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2023

Hybrid Event, 16/10/2023

The FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations North America together with Food Tank, Driscoll’s, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University present in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Develop

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 16/10/2023 - 20/10/2023

The 2nd World Forum on Urban Forests will take place from 16 - 20 October 2023 in Washington, DC. The overall theme will be: Greener, Healthier and Happier Cities for All. This theme was chosen to highlight the importance of building inclusive and accessi

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2023

Hybrid Event, 23/06/2023

Join the webinar on “Ecosystem Restoration: Best practices for capacity development, knowledge and learning”, which will take place on 23 June 2023 from 10:00-11:30 (UTC-5). To register for the webinar, please click here. To support efforts to restore de

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 15/06/2023 - 16/06/2023

Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was not on track to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Parliamentarians – with their powers to draft and adopt legislation, approve public budgets and monitor the implementation of publ

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2023

Hybrid Event, 07/06/2023

7 June 2023 | 9-10 AM EST / 15.00 hours CEST Register for the hybrid event here Get a first peek inside a new food safety toolbox! FAO’s new website on Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) will be introduc

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 17/05/2023 - 19/05/2023

17-19 May 2023 in Washington, DC | Learn more  International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) focuses on fostering and leveraging best practices and research in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics. ICA

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, 08/05/2023 - 10/05/2023

The United States will host the AIM for Climate Summit at the JW Marriott on May 8-10, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The Summit, supported by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), aims to bring together partners to increase and accelerate inv

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2023

Hybrid Event, 18/04/2023

Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 3:00 PM | Register | Webcast | Twitter Livestream Please join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for a high-level discussion on FAO’s seminal report on the critical roles women play in global agrifood systems

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2023

Hybrid Event, 17/04/2023

Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 3:00 PM | Register (via Zoom)| Livestream via FAO Webcast or Twitter Please join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a high-level presentation of a seminal report on the critical roles women play in th

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2023

Hybrid Event, 01/02/2023

10:00 TO 11:15AM EST | Register    A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on “The Future of Food and Agriculture: Drivers and Triggers for Transformation” aims to inspire strategic thinking and actions to transform agrifood system

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2022

Hybrid Event, 04/11/2022

Fri, November 4, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | Register  Mother-daughter duo Elena Terry and Zoe Fess address the health and well-being of their community, the Ho-Chunk Nation, by reviving and sustaining ancestral foods. During this program, which is ge

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2022

Hybrid Event, 02/11/2022

Nov 2, 2022 11:00 AM | Register  Join us on November 2nd as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations North America Liaison Office co-host a virtual roundtable session to showcase “Food Loss and Wa