| Title | Date | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
 Launch of the Technical Platform on Food Loss & WasteThe side event launches the FAO and IFPRI Technical Platform on Food Loss and Waste. In May 2015, the G20 [...] |
04.12.2015 | 14:00 |
 World Soil Day celebration and closure of the IYS 2015 The General Assembly of the United Nations in December 2013 designated 5 December as World Soil Day (WSD) and declared [...] |
04.12.2015 | 12:30 |
 ICN2 Follow-up: Overcoming Malnutrition in Agenda 2030One year after ICN2, this event will present the new global architecture that is emerging to support the comprehensive approach [...] |
03.12.2015 | 12:45 |
 FAO Awards CeremonyAfrican Union Commission, World Rural Forum, Thai Ministry, the National Geographic Society and field officers garner awards from FAOAs the [...] |
30.11.2015 | 17:00 |
 Rome2015 Science Symposium on Climate - Friday afternoon sessionFew days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
20.11.2015 | 16:15 |
| Rome2015 Science Symposium on Climate - Friday morning session Few days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
20.11.2015 | 09:30 |
| Rome2015 Science Symposium on Climate - Thursday session Few days before the COP21 in Paris, the Italian Scientific Community organizes an event in Rome aiming at fostering the [...] |
19.11.2015 | 10:00 |
 George McGovern’s legacy: A roadmap to end hunger as we know itThe 12th George McGovern lecture by Dr. Rajiv Shah is organized by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies [...] |
16.11.2015 | 14:30 |
 Land and Water Days: reviewing integrative approaches"Joining forces for lasting impacts” is the last session of the Land and Water Days 2015. A summary of what has [...] |
12.11.2015 | 16:30 |
 Land and Water Days: reviewing integrative approaches"Fostering adaptive natural resources management to cope with risks and climate change" This plenary session will present climate smart agriculture (what [...] |
12.11.2015 | 08:30 |
 Land and Water Days: reviewing integrative approaches"Sustainable agriculture for ecosystem services: what's in it for farmers and how to support the transition?" How can farmers be supported [...] |
11.11.2015 | 10:30 |
 Land and Water Days: reviewing integrative approaches“Down to earth: Finding our way through a mosaic of integrative approaches” Managing agriculture, forestry and fisheries at a landscape scale [...] |
11.11.2015 | 08:30 |
 International Year of Pulses (IYP) 2016 Launching CeremonyFollowing resolution 6/2013 of the 38th FAO Conference, the UN General Assembly, at its 68th session declared 2016 as the [...] |
10.11.2015 | 11:00 |
 Land and Water Days: Plenary session II"Linking land and water governance across scales and disciplines" The plenary session will cover two topics of eminent importance in the [...] |
10.11.2015 | 10:30 |
 Land and Water Days OpeningThe Land and Water Days are jointly convened by FAO, IFAD and WFP as part of efforts aimed at reaching [...] |
10.11.2015 | 09:00 |
 Land and Water Days: FAO Town Hall MeetingWater, land and the 2030 Agenda - gearing up for the challenge This event will be an opportunity to exchange on [...] |
09.11.2015 | 10:30 |
 Address by Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on agriculture in upcoming WTO negotiations The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Roberto Azevêdo, is addressing country representatives, UN staff and media on the agriculture-related [...] |
02.11.2015 | 11:00 |
 The challenges of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ in the year of the post-2015 AgendaOpening remarks: José Graziano Da Silva, Director-General This FAO Dialogue will discuss the importance of the Pope's Encyclical Letter in relation to the [...] |
26.10.2015 | 15:15 |
 World Food Day 2015 Ceremony at Expo MilanThe 35th observance of World Food Day commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the founding of FAO, and is celebrated at [...] |
16.10.2015 | 11:45 |
 CFS 42: Election of Chair, Bureau and Adoption of Final ReportThe new CFS Chair, Bureau and Alternates is elected, the arrangements for the 2016 Session of CFS are decided and [...] |
15.10.2015 | 15:30 |
| CFS Special Event: Youth for Food Security and Nutrition (#Y4FSN), and Resilience 9.30 – 11.30 Developing the knowledge, skills, and talent of youth to further food security and nutrition. Raising awareness of the [...] |
15.10.2015 | 09:30 |
| “Water governance in the Near East and North Africa: A policy debate on tenure, equity and gender” A hands-on debate on approaches and policy options that can contribute towards redressing persisting inequalities in access to water resources [...] |
14.10.2015 | 18:00 |
| CFS 42: CFS and its role in advancing nutrition. Water for Food Security and Nutrition Policy - Wrap up 14.30 - 16.00 Coordination and linkages. CFS and its Role in Advancing Nutrition. What contributions can CFS make to nutrition folowing the [...] |
14.10.2015 | 14:30 |
 CFS 42: National multi-stakeholder approaches and experiences to improve nutrition; Monitoring & Programme of WorkCoordination and linkages 9.30 – 11.00Keynote speaker: Mary Mubi, Senior Principal Director in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Zimbabwe. [...] |
14.10.2015 | 09:30 |
| How to reconcile Climate change and Food Security? The run up to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference Our capacity to feed 9.5 billion people in 2050 and achieve the right to food for all in the context [...] |
13.10.2015 | 18:00 |
| CFS 42: Enhancing regional food supply systems and processes to improve nutrition. Endoresement of FFA 14.30 - 16.00 Coordination and linkages Keynote speaker: Marc van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)Theme: Enhancing regional [...] |
13.10.2015 | 14:30 |
 Launch of the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2015) report. Press conferenceThe State of Food and Agriculture 2015 focuses on the role of social protection in fighting poverty and hunger through [...] |
13.10.2015 | 12:00 |
| CFS 42: Food Security and Nutrition in the Post 2015. Keynote speech: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland Coordination and linkages 9.30 – 11.00Keynote speaker: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland; President, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate JusticeTheme: Food [...] |
13.10.2015 | 09:30 |
 CFS 42: Youth Incubator, Youth for Food Security and NutritionTen youth from all around the world have been invited to CFS to pitch their idea/initiative which engages youth in [...] |
12.10.2015 | 17:30 |
| CFS 42: Water for Food Security and Nutrition Policy - Roundtable An inclusive and evidence-based debate, with the objective of adopting policy recommendations that are addressed to all stakeholders on matters [...] |
12.10.2015 | 14:30 |
| Committee on World Food Security 42 (CFS) opening session After organizational matters, the CFS Chair makes opening remarks followed by statements by the Heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and the [...] |
12.10.2015 | 09:30 |
 Closing Session of the Governing Body ITPGRFAThe closing ceremony of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body is followed by the adoption of its report summarizing [...] |
09.10.2015 | 15:15 |
 Launch of the publication "State food provisioning as social protection - Debating India’s national food security law"This book, authored by Harsh Mander, provides an overview of the most important debates which transpired during the development and [...] |
07.10.2015 | 10:00 |
 Global information system on plant genetic resourcesThe event is organized to present the new proposed vision of the Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for [...] |
05.10.2015 | 12:30 |
 Opening - Sixth Session of the Governing Body ITPGRFAThe Opening Ceremony of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body will gather representatives from Contracting Parties and observers from [...] |
05.10.2015 | 10:00 |
 Farmers’ Rights Under the International TreatyThis Special Event is being organized on the occasion of the 6th Session of the Governing Body of the International [...] |
03.10.2015 | 12:00 |
 Outcomes of the Working Group on the Multilateral SystemThe information event is organized on the occasion of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty [...] |
03.10.2015 | 10:00 |
 Farmageddon - The True Cost of Cheap MeatFAO Livestock Technical Network: first meeting of the series “Meet Our Partners”. Presentation by Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming. Farmageddon, a book [...] |
30.09.2015 | 15:00 |
 Mainstreaming gender in the African RegionH.E. Honourable Baleka Mbete, current Speaker of the Parliament of South Africa and former Deputy President of the Republic of [...] |
23.09.2015 | 10:00 |
 FAO Emergency and Rehabilitation Division – Informal Resource Partner MeetingThe meeting will be an opportunity to brief you on pressing humanitarian needs and funding requirements, with focus on the [...] |
22.09.2015 | 14:30 |
 The economic valuation of ecosystem services in agriculturePresentation by Dr. Harpinder Sandhu (Flinders University, Australia). Nature provides many benefits to people, which we call ecosystem services (ES). Current modern [...] |
31.07.2015 | 12:00 |
 Briefing on the Syria Crisis to Member CountriesThe meeting will be an opportunity to inform Member Countries on the findings of the recent Crop and Food Security [...] |
31.07.2015 | 10:00 |
 New UN report on investments needed to achieve Zero HungerOn 10 July 2015 the three Rome-based UN food agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [...] |
10.07.2015 | 10:30 |
 Task Force Meeting on the Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of TenureThe regular meeting of the cross-organizational Task Force on implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure will [...] |
09.07.2015 | 10:00 |
 CFS High-level forum on connecting smallholders to market (afternoon session)The Forum brings together a wide range of stakeholders who have experience of the issues, challenges and ways to improve [...] |
25.06.2015 | 14:00 |
| CFS High-level forum on connecting smallholders to market (morning session) The Forum brings together a wide range of stakeholders who have experience of the issues, challenges and ways to improve [...] |
25.06.2015 | 09:30 |
 Agriculture and Rural Development for Inclusive Growth and Food Security in the MENA RegionRural populations of the Middle East and North Africa Region remain an important share of the region’s inhabitants and experience [...] |
19.06.2015 | 14:30 |
 Health Benefits of Yoga and MeditationThe UN General Assembly recognizes that yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being. This event is a celebration [...] |
19.06.2015 | 11:45 |
 Briefing on FAO’s response to current emergenciesThe meeting will update Resource Partners on FAO’s response to “FAO in the 2015 Humanitarian Appeals”. It will also [...] |
18.06.2015 | 10:00 |
 FAO Conference: Saturday morning, Closing sessionSpeeches by Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico and Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia |
13.06.2015 | 10:30 |