Agrifood systems play a pivotal role in achieving climate commitments globally. They can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience, and mitigate emissions, ensuring food security and nutrition while reversing environmental degradation and its impacts. 

From November 22nd to 24th, FAO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Environment Programme will be co-hosting a significant workshop focused on developing a roadmap for supporting ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal G...

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...

在联合国可持续发展目标峰会第二天、联大一般性辩论前夕，联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总干事屈冬玉在联合国总部召集了一次部长级对话。多国部长级官员齐聚一堂，共同探讨如何加大行动和投资力度，推动农业粮食体系转型，应对生物多样性丧失和气候危机。会议由加拿大共同主持。

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...

联合国粮食体系峰会阶段成果总结推进大会今天在意大利罗马联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总部正式拉开帷幕。大会发出强有力信号，呼吁各方团结一心，加快行动步伐，大力推动全球农业粮食体系转型。联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯、意大利总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼、粮农组织总干事屈冬玉以及二十多位国家元首和政府首脑现场出席高级别开幕式。

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.

粮食和农业遗传资源委员会（遗传委）是处理粮食和农业生物多样性所涉各项具体事务的唯一政府间机构。今年恰逢遗传委成立40周年，遗传委第十九届例会（2023年7月17-21日）于今日在罗马召开，进一步强调了自身工作的重要性。

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...

亚洲又有三个项目近期被正式认定为 全球重要农业文化遗产系统（GIAHS），进一步彰显这片大陆古老的农业实践对于满足不断增长的世界人口粮食需求的重要意义。

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...

联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）现任总干事屈冬玉博士在7月2日举行的投票中以高票胜选连任。今天，屈总干事出席粮农组织部长级大会第43届会议...