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28/04/2025

This publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides a comprehensive overview of potential safety concerns associated with food supplements and functional foods. It examines regulatory frameworks across different regions, highlighting variations in classification, labelling, composition, registration, and claims. The report also explores consumer perceptions of these products, analysing the motivations behind their use.

02/04/2025

This report provides the latest updates on hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores the central theme of water security, highlighting its critical connections to agriculture, food security, and nutrition.

26/03/2025

The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources provides a global assessment of forest genetic resources. It highlights the crucial role of these resources for sustainable development and examines progress in implementing the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources.

21/03/2025

Despite established methodologies for agriculture, guidance for assessing and upgrading forest-based value chains (FBVCs) remains limited. This document addresses this gap by providing a framework for conducting FBVC assessments, designing upgrading strategies tailored to their unique characteristics (including multifunctionality, ecosystem services, common property, and long production cycles), and exploring financing mechanisms.

20/03/2025

This guidance document provides a comprehensive investigation of the existing intricate interplay among foresight methodologies, agroecological principles, and the dynamics of food system transformation.

18/03/2025

The report outlines FAO’s Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) initiative's Commitments Matrix along which commitments are structured into an overarching category and five thematic areas, each addressing key strategic priorities for the inclusive transformation of agrifood systems. Within each thematic area, the report showcases partner-led initiatives that will drive meaningful change in agrifood systems under the umbrella of the CGE initiative.