Virtual Training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

Virtual Event, 17/10/2021 - 30/08/2021

Following a request from the Government of Bangladesh, FAO organized a Virtual training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 that t...

Virtual Training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, African countries

Virtual Event, 11/10/2021 - 14/10/2021

FAO organized a Virtual training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 that took place from 11 to 14 October 2021. The objective was...

What are the latest global data on water-use efficiency and water stress?

Virtual Event, 22/09/2021 - 30/09/2021

Fixing the Business of Food : Private Sector Alignment with the SDGs and Accountability to Achieve Food Systems Transformation

Virtual Event, 16/09/2021

The global food system must be fundamentally transformed to operate within planetary boundaries and to enable human wellbeing. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognize the vital role of companies in achieving the goals, including mitigating the sector’s harmful impacts on human and planetary health and supporting broader SDG achievement.

Curre...

Regional Virtual Workshop on Monitoring SDG Target 2.1 Using Survey Data (Pacific Islands countries)

Virtual Event, 02/08/2021 - 06/08/2021

This regional workshop was organized in context of the Technical Cooperation Program project (TCP/SAP/3705) aiming at strengthening national capacities of Pacific Islands countries to monitor SDG Target 2.1.

The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development adopted in September 2015 commits the international community to end poverty and hunger and achieve sustainable development in social ec...

Report's launch: SOFI 2021

Virtual Event, 12/07/2021

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 (SOFI 2021) report presents the first evidence-based global assessment of chronic food insecurity in the year the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and spread across the globe.

The SOFI 2021 report will also focus on complementary food system solutions that address the key drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition, i.e. conflict, cli...

Virtual Training on SDG Indicator 2.4.1. “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture”, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

Virtual Event, 07/07/2021 - 10/07/2021

The overall objective of this virtual training was to provide officials from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) capacity development on the methodology, data collection and analysis relevant to sustainable food and agriculture and how to assess data gaps starting from available national and subnational (farm-level) information and associated reporting processes. 

This ...

Asia Regional Workshop on SDG 14.b and its indicator 14.b.1

Virtual Event, 06/07/2021 - 08/07/2021

In response to the request from Member countries of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) to support national-level efforts to achieve and report on Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.b, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in collaboration with INFOFISH is convening a virtual workshop on SDG 14.b and its associated 

"Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture", Lecture within the framework of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry, 2021

Virtual Event, 10/06/2021

This lecture, organized by the University of Buenos Aires as part of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry, covered the theme "Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture."

Indicator 2.4.1 measures progress in achieving more productive and sustainable agriculture. It is made up of relevant sub-indicators that will provide governments with strategic information for evi...

CFS Side Event: By the numbers – capturing the private sector contribution to the SDGs

Virtual Event, 03/06/2021

FAO is the designated United Nations custodian agency for 21 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators and a contributing agency for another five – covering almost 10% of the entire SDG global indicator framework. This expanded role reflects the Organisation’s significant involvement in supporting countries’ efforts to monitor SDG targets. One of the key gaps in country monitoring and re...