Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 40 and its work has never been more important

17/07/2023

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), the only intergovernmental body that deals with all matters specifically related...

Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries issue call for action to accelerate agrifood systems transformation and collectively build resilience

29/06/2023

Ministers, Vice-Ministers and other high-level representatives from dozens of countries most vulnerable to global crises and shocks have issued...

Discover FAO's new Climate Change Knowledge Hub

20/06/2023

The Climate Change Knowledge Hub (CCK-Hub) is an online “one-stop-shop” portal that gathers existing knowledge and resources on climate change...

FAO Director-General addresses meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers on the importance of agrifood systems for food security and biodiversity

19/06/2023

Agrifood systems must be part of the solution to the loss of biodiversity and the climate crisis facing our planet, the Director-General of the Food...

Agriculture and food systems at the heart of climate solutions at UNFCCC Bonn Climate Conference

16/06/2023

The food on our plates and its journey from farm to fork are responsible for as much as one third of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. Our...

E-learning

FAO e-learning course on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

15/06/2023

The 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventories' curriculum aims to strengthen institutional and technical capacities in national entities, to enable them...

FAO Director-General meets UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and President-Designate of COP28

13/06/2023

During his visit to the United Arab Emirates, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, along with a number of FAO officials, held a meeting today with His...

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Reshaping agriculture in Africa to end child labour

12/06/2023

Child labourers are the unseen victims of climate change

12/06/2023

A new report published by the Food...