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Committee on Agriculture (COAG)

The 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG 29) took place in a hybrid modality from 30 September to 4 October 2024.

During the 2024 Session, delegates discussed a broad range of topics pertinent to the COAG mandate. These included the outcomes of the Second Session of the COAG Sub-Committee on Livestock; the One Health approach; sustainable management of plastics in agriculture; land and water resources; bioeconomy; agriculture and forestry linkages; the status of women in agrifood systems; nutrition; the climate change, biodiversity and food security nexus; the potential of neglected and underutilized species; as well as improving the uptake of technologies and innovations for agrifood systems transformation. Additionally, the Agenda addressed other relevant topics brought forward from the previous COAG Sessions and other Governing Bodies.

As FAO’s main advisory Technical Committee on agriculture, COAG 29 reviewed the central role of food and agriculture in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provided a platform for exchange and dialogue amongst participants. It gave a strategic direction for the work of FAO in the agrifood sectors to promote the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.

    
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Registering for the 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture 
Members’ accreditation for the 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture opened on _____, on the Members Gateway. Please note that each delegate will need to insert in the form an email account for accreditation. The same email address should be inserted in the Zoom registration form, to grant the participant access to the virtual meeting platform. 

Designated observers are kindly requested to send names, official titles, addresses and email accounts to attend the Session, by e-mail to [email protected], together with a recent passport-size digital photograph. 

All meetings of the 29th Session of the COAG will be conducted in hybrid modality with both physical presence in FAO headquarters and participation through the Zoom videoconferencing platform. The link to access the Zoom virtual meeting platform will be made available upon receipt of the above information.

For clarifications or questions kindly contact [email protected].

Substantive topics

The discussion documents can be accessed here.

Discussions will also cover:

  • The Potential of Neglected and Underutilized Species
  • The Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Food Security Nexus
  • FAO's Programme of Work in the Agrifood Sectors under the Strategic Framework 2022-31
  • Report of the Global Soil Partnership
  • Proposal for an International Day of Milk
  • Guidelines for Integrated Land Use Planning   
  • Revising the FAO/WHO International Code of Conduct on Pesticides Management
  • Implementation of the recommendations of the 28th Session of COAG
  • Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Committee