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Among the numerous events showcasing science and promising innovations for climate action, the Science and Innovation Forum also looked at how FAO is guided by the synergistic application of its two new strategies: the Science and Innovation Strategy and the Strategy on Climate Change, led by FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi and FAO Deputy Director-General Semedo. The FAO Chief Scientist, in her welcoming remarks, emphasized that climate change cannot be tackled without science...

Parliamentarians from different regions convened to discuss the role of parliaments and parliamentary networks in fighting hunger and malnutrition at an FAO side event at the 51st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome in October 2023, with conversation covering the Right to Adequate Food and identifying pathways and mechanisms to more systematically involve parliaments and parliamentary networks in CFS work. An exchange of lessons learned provided examples of how to capitalize on parliamentary networks to strengthen the uptake of CFS recommendations and their incorporation in national legislation and policies. The Second...

Starkville, Mississippi - The power and potential of science, data and innovation were center stage Monday as QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), met with senior executives and researchers at Mississippi State University (MSU). The FAO delegation met on Monday with Dr Mark Keenum, President of MSU, and teams led by David Shaw, Provost and Executive Vice President, Nicholas Frank...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Naples Federico II will collaborate to enhance resilient agrifood systems through the exchange of innovation and technology expertise, according to a Letter of Intent signed today at the Organization’s headquarters by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the University’s Rector Prof. Matteo Lorito. This collaboration will be linked to the 

Rome - Making data, information, knowledge, investment and innovation available for all, especially for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), will be a game changer in transforming global agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.

A renowned regional intergovernmental organization, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is a driver for policy and strategy development in the Mediterranean region. Both FAO and CIHEAM aim to boost worldwide efforts to enhance food and nutrition security.   Around...

FAO is engaging with Member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) as they look to design a regional model law on Agroecology. FAO already has a basis for this work, as a legal study it conducted with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) within the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative in 2021, offers guidelines for the design of such a model law. In 2022, PARLATINO formally requested FAO’s technical support to draft the model law. Since then, FAO has organized three public consultations with the Caribbean, Mesoamerica and South America to collect inputs from...

On 16 October, during World Food Day, a solemn ceremony was held to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU-MTAA). “Food, our daily bread, is the foundation of everything. Food is one of the main public goods. Today, it is necessary to produce more food so that there is enough of...

The FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) 2023 under the theme of “Science and Innovation for Climate Action” will focus on promoting discussions on specific and concrete actions to harness science and innovation on climate action for agrifood systems transformation. Session: Enabling Research, Science, and Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) WHEN: 19 October 2023|11:00 - 12:30 (CEST) Rome time (Hybrid event) This session shares experiences and insights on facilitating access to science, research, and innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States to strengthen capabilities in climate change adaptation, mitigation,...

Brasilia, October 10, 2023 -Over the course of three days, representatives from the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru, as well as from the cotton sector, the textile industry, and artisans, participated in the celebrations of the World Cotton Day 2023. The Cotton Week in Latin America took place from October 4th to 6th in Brasília, capital of Brazil.