Equipping farmers for climate action – key concepts and tools for Farmer Field Schools

Virtual Event, 20/02/2025

We are excited to invite you to the second session of the Global Farmer Field School Platform Webinar Series on Climate Change Bridging Knowledge and Action: Climate Change in Farmer Field Schools (FFS) —a series designed to bridge knowledge and action in the fight against climate change. This ongoing series explores how FFS can empower smallholder farmers to adapt to and mi...

The Right to Food in Haiti: challenges and responses in a crisis context

Virtual Event, 13/02/2025

Haiti faces a deepening humanitarian crisis, driven by recurring natural disasters, armed violence, economic instability, and political turmoil. Food security and nutrition have steadily worsened, leaving millions at risk of hunger and malnutrition. The event will happen on 13 February 2025, from 16:00 to 17:30 CET.

This webinar will explore:

• The role of states’ extraterrit...

Food Drink Dialogues 2025

18/02/2025 - 20/02/2025

The inaugural Food Drink Dialogues will take place in Brussels from 18-20 February 2025 with thought-provoking discussions to shape the future of our food systems.

During the three-day event food business leaders, policymakers and changemakers will meet to collaborate and exchange ideas for policies and projects that will help support businesses, empower consumers, and prote...

Second Resumed Session of UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 16)

25/02/2025 - 27/02/2025

The UN Biodiversity Conference, suspended earlier this year in Cali, Colombia, will reconvene from 25-27 February 2025 in Rome, Italy, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity today agreed to hold resumed sessions for COP 16 and the concurrent meetings...

FAO-Belgium Strategic Dialogue 2025

27/01/2025 - 28/01/2025

Bringing the Future to Earth

21/01/2025 - 30/01/2025

In its 72nd edition, the Winter Conference addresses the most pressing issues in agriculture and offers in-depth insights into current challenges, political and economic developments as well as groundbreaking trends and innovations in the agricultural sector. Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, will speak at the event.

For more information plea...

Realizing the right to food in a changing world - The Right to Food Guidelines: 20 years on and beyond

Virtual Event, 10/12/2024

In observance of Human Rights Day, the Right to Food Team from FAO invites you to the launch of the report: Realizing the Right to Food in a Changing World. The Right to Food Guidelines, 20 years on and beyond.

This milestone event marks two decades since the adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines. It is an opportunity to celebrate achievements, reflect upon ongoing challenges, and s...

Taking aquatic food value chain solutions to scale - FISH4ACP virtual tour

Virtual Event, 11/12/2024

Do you want to find out why a catfish farmer from Nigeria got inspired by black soldier flies tested as alternative fish feed in Zimbabwe? Or how can solutions to post-harvest losses tried out by fish processors on the shores of Lake Tanganyika benefit other fishing communities?

Join FISH4ACP’s virtual tour and discover local solutions in aquatic food value chains, featured at the Blu...

47th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC47)

Hybrid Event, 25/11/2024 - 30/11/2024

The 47th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC47) will be held physically at the Centre International de Conférences (CICG), (Room Amphitheatre D, Level 1), Geneva, Switzerland from 25 to 30 November 2024.

The plenary discussions will take place from Monday, 25 November to Thursday, 28 November, from 10.00 to 13.00 (CET) and 15.00 to 18.00 (CET), with the option of an evening...

Launch of FAO flagship report "The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2024"

Hybrid Event, 29/11/2024

On 29 November 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will release The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2024. The report will be released at 10:00 CET followed by a launch event at 12:00 CET at FAO Headquarters in Rome, which will be accessible via webcast. This year's report will focus on the theme "Trade and Nutrition: Policy Coherence for Hea...

On the road to UNCCD COP16: Our Land. Our Future.

19/11/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Brussels offices, the Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the EU, and the European Commission are pleased to invite you to an event ahead of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16).

The sixteenth session of the Confe...

Pulp and paper industry: how to make the circular economy work? - Launching a new publication on circularity concepts in the pulp and paper industry

Virtual Event, 02/12/2024

The global pulp and paper industry has been undergoing a major transformation. Pulp production is increasingly moving from using virgin fibers to achieving high paper-recycling rates. The reprocessing of paper and paperboard stands out as the key circular economy feature for the industry and a true accomplishment when compared to other industries.

• How the success story of paper re...

UN Climate Change Conference - COP29

Hybrid Event, 11/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

The Conference of the Parties (COP), is held annually, with the Presidency rotating between the five recognized UN regions.

This year, Azerbaijan has been selected as the Presidency of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), to be hosted in Baku this November. Azerbaijan has a strong track record of hosting international events and has chosen Baku Stadium as the venue for COP29.

SDG Forum Workshop: Climate Finance for Agrifood Systems as a Tool  to Accelerate Progress Towards the 2030 Agenda

06/11/2024

UNCCD COP16 Riyadh

Hybrid Event, 02/12/2024 - 13/12/2024

The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2 to 13 December 2024.

UNCCD is the world’s platform where governments, businesses and civil society can come together to discuss present-day challenges and chart a sustainable future for land. The COP16 is the l...

International Soil and Water Forum 2024

Hybrid Event, 09/12/2024 - 11/12/2024

With the SDG deadlines looming ever closer, and with decades of mismanagement of the world’s soil and water behind us, the time is now for a dramatic shift in approaches to protect and rejuvenate Mother Nature’s twin children – soil and water.  

The International Soil and Water Forum 2024, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)&...

Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Hybrid Event, 20/10/2024 - 24/10/2024

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted by the Thirty-First Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 3 November 2001.

The Treaty aims at:

• recognizing the enormous contribution of farmers to the diversity of crops that feed the world;
• establishing a global system t...

The 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52)

Hybrid Event, 21/10/2024 - 25/10/2024

The 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52) will be held from 21 to 25 October 2024 in Rome, Italy.

This year's session will focus on the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition report, the endorsement of those CFS products developed by the Committee during the intersessional period, the update of the CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work ...

FAO at COP16

Hybrid Event, 21/10/2024 - 01/11/2024

The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, under the theme “Peace with Nature”.

At COP15, Parties adopted the milestone Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also known as th...

2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum

Hybrid Event, 05/11/2024 - 08/11/2024

The 2024 Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum, co-organized with the Government of Fiji, is a major international forum with the aim at supporting the Pacific countries’ agrifood systems transformation in Fiji. The theme of the high-level gathering is ‘Transforming Agrifood Systems for our Blue Pacific Continent through Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better...