FAO’s Conference Resolution 7/2019 – Further integration of sustainable agricultural approaches, including agroecology, in the future planning activities of FAO – was adopted by the 41st Session of the FAO Conference in June 2019.

Through the resolution, the FAO Conference expressed concern over biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation. It reaffirmed the pivotal significance of agriculture in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. It also requested that FAO integrate sustainable agricultural approaches, including agroecology, into the future planning of its activities.

What will the evaluation cover?

The evaluation will assess balanced inclusion in FAO’s work from a selected set of sustainable agricultural approaches from 2016 to 2024.

It will cover the extent to which FAO has implemented sustainable agricultural approaches in its strategies and portfolio of work, and the extent to which it has reported on the implementation progress of the resolution.

The Office of Evaluation will present this evaluation at the Programme Committee’s 140th Session.

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