Address by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General

M. Qu Dongyu, Directeur général de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), a déclaré, lors d’une réunion des ministres de l’agriculture du G20 que les systèmes agroalimentaires devaient faire partie de la solution apportée à l’appauvrissement de la biodiversit...

The Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Leadership Program of the Iowa State University presents a special seminar on Innovations in breeding livestock for adaptation to climate change: Genome editing in livestock Challenges in animal phenotyping.

Biodiversity is the basis of life on Earth. We live biodiversity, we eat biodiversity and we are biodiversity. Without it, our world would be lifeless. The Earth's diverse ecosystems provide us with essential services, from clean air and water to food and medicine. In today's rapidly changing wor...

Depuis 2018, 24 nouveaux sites dans 12 pays ont été déclarés systèmes ingénieux du patrimoine agricole mondial (SIPAM).
Ils constituent des paysages naturels splendides, mais sont aussi associés à des pratiques agricoles qui font vivre les zones rurales en alliant biodiversité, résilience des ...

Amidst the vast expanse of Mongolia's high altitude Great Plateau, a remarkable story unfolds - one of endurance, adaptation, and unwavering resilience. The nation's unique livestock breeds are a symbol of pride and a vital backbone of the country's economy.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked today World Bee Day 2023 with a global ceremony in which participants emphasized the importance of promoting sustainable agricultural practices that respect the vital role pollinators play in nature.

Less than nine percent of Uzbekistan has forest coverage and even this is rapidly shrinking because of changing climatic conditions, uncontrolled animal husbandry, increasing demand for industrial and fuel wood and the expansion of irrigated agriculture.

Millets grow well in Bihar, a state in eastern India, but farmers stopped cultivating the crop and lost its seeds. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) funds a project that reintroduced millets and other crops through community seed banks and on-farm trials. 

Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in the face of the latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from COP27 and COP15, respectively. 

The high seas comprise nearly two-thirds of the world's ocean and are filled with a variety of fish species, which are essential for the ocean's biodiversity. They are part of flourishing ecosystems that regulate our climate, provide vital habitats for hundreds of thousands of species and support...

Deux systèmes agricoles et agroforestiers riches en biodiversité, ou «chakras», situés en Équateur (l’un dans les Andes, l’autre dans la région amazonienne du pays) viennent d’être reconnus comme Systèmes ingénieux du patrimoine agricole mondial (SIPAM) par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l...

L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a souligné aujourd’hui à quel point il était crucial de mettre en place des mesures concrètes pour accroître l’accès à une alimentation saine en transformant les systèmes agroalimentaires pour les rendre plus résilients, ...

Lors de sa prochaine session, la Commission des ressources génétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture examinera le rôle que joue l’«information de séquençage numérique» dans la conservation et l’utilisation durable des ressources génétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (RGAA) et le p...

The final chapters are much more detailed, with many new examples from around the world. The final chapters also provide a range of valuable additional evidence and policy options in advance of the many major global environmental negotiations this year, including COP 27 of the Climate Convention ...

A Special Session on “Biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry” will be held as part of the 8th World Forest Week (8WFW) at the margins of the 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO26).