It is my great pleasure, as Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, to address the Governing Body at today’s opening session. 

With its Secretariat based at FAO, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ensures that the genetic resources of the crops most important to human diets are safeguarded and shared equitably around the world.

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...

يشكل فقدان التنوع البيولوجي تهديدًا خطيرًا على قدرتنا على إطعام وإشباع سكان العالم المتزايد باستمرار. لا يشمل التنوع البيولوجي فقط النباتات والحيوانات التي نأكلها ونستخدمها في إنتاج الأعلاف والوقود والألياف، بل يشمل أيضًا عددًا لا يحصى من الكائنات الحية التي تدعم إنتاج الغذاء، مثل الخنافس والديدا...

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 ...

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 c...

On day two of the UN SDG Summit and just ahead of the General Debate, the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, held a Ministerial dialogue at UN Headquarters on the opportunities of scaling up action and investment for agrifood systems ...

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...

انطلقت أعمال عملية تقييم حصيلة قمة الأمم المتحدة للنظم الغذائية +2 يوم الإثنين في المقر الرئيسي لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (المنظمة) في روما، بحفل افتتاحي رفيع المستوى حضره أكثر من عشرين رئيس دولة وحكومة، ووُجّهت خلاله دعوة قوية إلى تسريع وتيرة العمل لتحويل النُظم الزراعية والغذائية ال...

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.

 تحتفل هيئة الموارد الوراثية للأغذية والزراعة (الهيئة)، وهي الجهاز الحكومي الدولي الوحيد الذي يعنى بجميع القضايا المتعلقة تحديدًا بالتنوع البيولوجي للأغذية والزراعة، بالذكرى الأربعين لإنشائها، وتم تسليط الضوء على أهمية العمل الذي تضطلع به اليوم في اجتماع ينعقد في روما.

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...

Three new sites in Asia are the latest to have been formally recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), underlining the importance of the continent’s centuries-old agricultural practices in feeding the world’s growing population and combating climate chang...

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...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, re-elected on Sunday for a second term at the head of the Organizat...

وافق مرفق البيئة العالمية على 26 مشروعًا تحت قيادة منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (المنظمة) انطلاقًا من الزخم المتزايد لمعالجة المشاكل البيئية عن طريق تناول الطريقة التي نقوم بها بإنتاج أغذيتنا وأليافنا.

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