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Recent global challenges caused by disruptions in the food supply chain have exposed the fragility of global food security and agrifood systems. Resourcing innovative ideas, in collaboration with global multistakeholders, is becoming increasingly important to ensure sustainable agrifood systems and food safety for all. To this end, FAO’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation division (PST), in close coordination with the Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (NENA), the Food System and Food Safety Division, and the Office of Innovation, has operationalized a new Regional Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project entitled: “Establishing Research Network and Food Safety Innovation Hub through South-South...

31/07/2023, Vitacura The Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pleased to invite you to the webinar "Digitalization of agriculture: Chinese experience and the challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean”.

In partnership since 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Mississippi State University (MSU) continue to work together for a sustainable food-secure future. The partnership is leveraging science and innovation to forward the One Health Approach which sees an integrated, unifying plan that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. On June 26-27, 2023, MSU President Dr. Mark E. Keenum led an MSU delegation visit to FAO headquarters for the launch of MSU as an FAO Reference Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. MSU’s designation as an FAO...

In June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Italian Research Institutions (IRIs), namely the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) and the Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale (ISPRA) co-organized a hybrid event on “Innovation for drought and agriculture” to celebrate “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought,” which takes place every year on 17 June.  The hybrid event, facilitated by Selvaraju Ramasamy, Senior Officer in FAO’s...

Rome - On 6-7 June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day informal dialogue at FAO’s headquarters with civil society organizations from around the world to take stock of good practices in FAO-CSO relations and explore ways to foster meaningful engagement at all levels. FAO worked with the organizational support of the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty to bring over 30 CSO representatives to Rome.  After years of predominantly virtual interactions due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, this dialogue provided a...