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...

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 ...

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...

 En el segundo día de la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (Cumbre sobre los ODS) y justo antes del debate general, QU Dongyu, Director General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), celebró un diálogo m...

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...

Este lunes se dio inicio al Momento para hacer balance de la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios dos años después de su celebración (Momento para hacer balance de los sistemas alimentarios) en la Sede de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Ag...

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.

La Comisión de Recursos Genéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, el único órgano intergubernamental que se ocupa de todas las cuestiones relacionadas específicamente con la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura, celebra su 40.º aniversario, y la importancia de su trabajo se ...

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...

Se han reconocido formalmente tres nuevos sitios en Asia como Sistemas importantes del patrimonio agrícola mundial (SIPAM), lo cual pone de manifiesto la importante función que desempeñan las prácticas agrícolas centenarias del continente en la alimentación de la creciente población mundial.

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...

El Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM) ha aprobado hoy 26 proyectos dirigidos por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), aprovechando el creciente impulso para afrontar los problemas ambientales abordando las formas en que se producen nuestros ...

Los jóvenes en Bhután encuentran nuevas profesiones en la agricultura tras la pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID 19)