The Government of the Philippines will be hosting the Second Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights from 16-19 September 2025, in Manila, Philippines. This important international event will bring together hundreds of key stakeholders, including representatives of fa...

The FAO Biodiversity Knowledge Hub consolidates existing information and resources related to biodiversity in agrifood systems from FAO. This platform supports countries in strengthening their knowledge and capabilities to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversi...

This event is a high-level dialogue, which will present the successful collaboration between the Government of Mozambique, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the European Union on strengthening seed systems of crops that are essential ...

FAO has developed two new practical guides to support ex situ conservation in genebanks: Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – Conservation of species pr...

This event aims to raise awareness of the urgent need to conserve and sustainably use genetic diversity as a cornerstone of strategies to adapt agrifood systems to rapidly changing environmental conditions.

联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）与英国政府共同启动一项全新倡议，旨在改善粮食安全、提振农村生计并帮助阿富汗社区增强抵御气候与经济冲击的能力。

The Commission, at its 20th Regular Session, held from 24 to 28 March 2025, adopted recommendations and invited Members to contribute to the work of the Commission, including by providing specific contributions and inputs to the implementation of the major outputs and milestones of the&...

As the global community confronts the escalating realities of climate change, Zambia faces increasingly urgent challenges. From destructive flash floods to prolonged droughts, climate-related events are threatening livelihoods, particularly in rural communities reliant on agriculture and natural ...

Across the world, climate change is shifting the delicate balance that keeps plants – and everything they support - healthy. As temperatures rise, rains become less predictable, and extreme weather strikes more often, plant pests and diseases are spreading in ways not seen before. The conse...

Plastic pollution is contaminating agricultural soils and causing damage that undermines food security. These are the findings of a groundbreaking study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Soil Health and Crops. The study was...

Expanding efforts to measure, monitor and protect soil biodiversity around the world will intensify further with the establishment of the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory, to be led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and serving as a global reference for scie...

The FAO Biodiversity Knowledge Hub consolidates FAO’s existing information and resources related to biodiversity in agrifood systems. This platform helps countries strengthen their knowledge and capabilities to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), support th...

农民与科学家携手保护种子多样性，传承粮食遗产

New global map supports the restoration of degraded lands and preservation of natural vegetation

In 2019, Norway published the first national strategy for conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources of animals, plants and forest trees. The overall goal is to secure the gene pool for future agriculture and food production. Just before the 21st  Session of the Commission, whi...

Two hybrid workshops were held in the Caribbean with experts and regional institutions to address issues related to the Plant and Animal genetic resource conservation and management.  On 27 and 28 May 2025, the FAO Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, the Caribbean Agricultural Research De...

If you are working to protect and promote biodiversity for food and agriculture – BFA-Net is a platform for discussion of issues relevant to the management of the biodiversity that underpins the world’s agrifood systems. It covers all aspects of the management of all components of ...

The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture documents progress in the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) since the publication of the previous report in 20

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua New Guinea, promote sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia, and help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall.

An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system and traditional bamboo and fishery system in the Republic of Korea and an agrosilvopastoral system in ...