Connecting the Local to the Global through the Benefit-Sharing Fund 26 October 2018, Rome, Italy – For the first time in its lifespan, the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...

Rome, Italy, 27 September 2018 - Genebank curators and researchers of the major Italian agricultural research institutions together with representatives of Civil Society’ Organizations involved in agrobiodiversity conservation and management met at FAO on 27 September 2018 to discuss implementation...

Each year on 16 October the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations celebrates the World Food Day to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security...

Argentina, 28 September 2018 – The Agriculture Ministers of the five nations comprising the ‘Southern Cone’ of Latin America – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay – signed a Ministerial Declaration reaffirming their commitment to the FAO International...

An article by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, Hanne Maren Blafjelldal Genetic diversity is essential for all food production - both in Norway, Malawi and the rest of the world. Together in the North and in the...