For thousands of years –and across a diverse range of cultures – fermentation has played a vital role in preserving food and improving its flavour and nutritional value. It underpins the production of many widely eaten products such as bread, cheese and yoghurt. Emerging innovation...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has upgraded its innovative ABC-Map geospatial app with a new indicator which shows that several major crops including wheat, coffee, beans, cassava, and plantain could lose half their best or optimally suitable land by 2100.

The Global Agrifood Biotechnologies Conference 2025 opened today at  the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), bringing together policymakers, scientists, civil society, farmers, youth leaders, private sector and development partners under the the...

A Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) project puts Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the center of biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, and ecosystem restoration in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

First in-person workshop of the Benefit-sharing Fund’s ‘Community of Practice’ lays groundwork for future collaboration & innovation Cusco, Peru, 10 June 2025 – Participants from 14 different countries across Latin America and the Caribbean region gathered in Cusc...

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...

Every year, on 5 June, World Environment Day raises awareness about pressing environmental issues. This year, the focus is on ending plastic pollution – a growing crisis that poses severe threats to our biodiversity, genetic resources and food systems. It threatens ecosystems on land and...

以3D模式了解驼科动物，及其对维持生计、文化等多个方面的重要贡献。

了解全球土壤伙伴关系如何在全世界范围内推动可持续土壤管理。

The global future of the potato is rarely discussed, but it deserves our attention. This unassuming tuber crop has shaped civilizations and continues to play a vital role in global food security and nutrition for people around the world. It’s time to focus resources on research and developm...

粮食和农业遗传资源委员会第二十届例会于2025年3月24-28日举行。来自90个国家超过260名与会者出席了会议，其中包括科学家和政策专家、国际组织，以及来自土著人民网络、民间社会和其他利益相关方的观察员。

遗传委强调将遗传多样性考虑纳入国家政策和全球框架对于确保粮食安全和生态系统韧性的重要性。会议还强调了国际合作与伙伴关系在应对与粮食和农业遗传资源有关的全球挑战方面的重要作用。

兹定于2025年6月26日09:00-11:00（欧洲中部夏令时）举行线上情况通报会。此次会议旨在：

• 介绍遗传委第二十届例会的主要成果；
• 支持...

《<粮食和农业生物多样性行动框架>实施自愿准则草案》现征集书面意见（点此下载）。

Today the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture joins the world in celebrating the International Day of Potato. This is an important occasion to recognize the significance of the potato as a global food source, a key player in food security, and a vital part of agricultural ...

Bees are speaking to us — not with sound, but through their presence, their absence, and their steady disappearance. Alongside butterflies, bats, beetles, some mammals and birds, these tireless workers sustain the crops and wild plants that feed us, protect biodiversity, and keep our agrifo...

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 | 15:30 – 16:45 CEST
FAO (Sheikh Zayed Center)

In alignment with the international initiative on biodiversity for food and nutrition, this event will explore how coherent ...

联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总干事屈冬玉今日在埃塞俄比亚主办的2025年世界蜜蜂日特别活动中发表视频讲话，强调蜜蜂和其他传粉动物等“无名英雄”的积极贡献，呼吁围绕传粉昆虫的保护和可持续利用加强国际合作。

The second observance of the International Day of Potato will be on 30 May 2025, with the theme of Shaping history, feeding the future. The theme acknowledges the potato’s deep historical and cultural significance and its evolving role in today's global agrifood systems.

The Asia and the Pacific region is rich in biodiversity while facing mounting food insecurity and environmental degradation due to decades of unsustainable agriculture. This study assesses how biodiversity and food systems are integrated in national strategies, examining 41 National Biodiversity ...

近日，巴西马黛茶传统农林兼作体系、中国德清珍珠复合养殖系统、福鼎白茶文化系统和什川古梨园系统、墨西哥重要粮食作物和生物多样性祖传保护体系、西班牙兰萨罗特岛独特火山景观农业体系正式入选全球重要农业文化遗产系统。

恢复巴西、智利和委内瑞拉的动植物群