More than 600 delegates from all around the world will gather in Rome, from 20 to 24 November, to discuss how seeds can provide innovative solutions to the sustainable transformation of our agrifood systems and safeguarding biodiversity. The FAO Headquarters in Rome will host the Tenth Session of...

The loss of biodiversity is seriously undermining our ability to feed and nourish an ever-growing global population. Biodiversity includes not only the plants and animals that we eat and that provide feed, fuel and fibre. Biodiversity for food and agriculture also includes the myriad of organisms...

The International Treaty released a study, The plants that feed the world – Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, bringing together crucial data on over 350 food and agricultural crops, made possible in col...

Kaveh Zahedi, leading FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment is attending high-level events at the UN General Assembly and events in partnership with businesses, climate philanthropists and other stakeholders, as part of Climate Week NYC. He bears a clear message for countri...

Во второй день Саммита ООН по ЦУР, перед началом общих прений, Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй провел в штаб-квартире ООН диалог на уровне министров, в ходе которого обсуждались возможности масштабирования мероприятий и...

The first-ever Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights under the International Treaty of the FAO was inaugurated by the Honourable President of India, Ms Droupadi Murmu, in New Delhi today,  amidst an audience of over 700 people from 52 countries, marking a crucial milestone in the global agricu...

Chile.
11-09-23 - 13-09-23

13 - 15 December 2023 (9:30 - 17.00 CET)

GIAHS sites are home to unique biodiversity and agrobiodiversity, which have been nurtured by farmers for generations by transmitting their traditional knowledge and agricultural methods. This workshop thus seeks to foster information exchange, ac...

The second day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment started with a special plenary session led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) which focused on the successes and challenges that countries, organizations and other stakeholders have ex...

В понедельник в штаб-квартире Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) в Риме состоялась церемония открытия Саммита ООН по продовольственным системам +2: мероприятия по подведению итогов (СПС ООН +2). На церемонии, в которой приняли участие более 20 глав госуд...

CABI’s expertise in the role that Digital Sequence Information (DSI) plays in the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture has been shared at a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) event in Rome, Italy.

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), the only intergovernmental body that deals with all matters specifically related to biodiversity for food and agriculture, is marking its 40th anniversary, and the importance of its work was stressed today during a meeting in R...

This year FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 40. Its vision to value and conserve biodiversity for food and agriculture and promote its sustainable use in support of global food security and sustainable development, for present and future generations, is as re...

Три новых объекта в Азии были официально признаны системами сельскохозяйственного наследия мирового значения (ГИАХС), что подчеркивает важную роль, которую играют многовековые сельскохозяйственные методы этого региона в обеспечении продовольствием растущего населения мира,  борьбе с изменени...

Today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, launched the FAO Park - Global Library of Trees and Flowers project, a green space initiative to educate the public about the importance of biodiv...

Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй, переизбранный в воскресенье на второй срок на посту главы ...

Building on growing momentum to tackle environmental problems by addressing the ways in which our food and fiber are produced, the Global Environment Facility has approved 26 projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

После пандемии COVID-19 молодежь Бутана находит применение своим профессиональным качествам в сельском хозяйстве

Agrifood systems must be part of the solution to the loss of biodiversity and the climate crisis facing our planet, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told a meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers. 

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 Address by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General