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Women’s equality in agrifood systems could boost the global economy by $1 trillion, reduce food insecurity by 45 million: new FAO report
13/04/2023
Agrifood systems are a major employer of women globally and constitute a more important source of livelihood for women than for men in many countries...
Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems as a way to mitigate and adapt to climate change
20/03/2023
FAO’s Strategy on Climate Change 2022-31 supports countries to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable...
Food safety is an outcome of an agrifood system
07/03/2023
“As we transform agrifood systems, food safety is one of the things we have to get right,” says FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division Director Corinna Hawkes in a video message recorded in early March to invite participation in World Food Safety Day t
Towards more sustainable agrifood systems in the Black Sea and beyond
07/03/2023
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Conference in İstanbul to present food systems assessments and explore next stepsİstanbul, Türkiye – The Regional Conference on Food Systems Sustainability in the Black Sea Region, organized by the Regional Cooper
FAO and UNIDO launch global Agrifood Systems Transformation Accelerator (ASTA)
06/03/2023
Programme aims to improve food security and nutrition in Least Developed Countries...
Consumers are key for transforming food systems and fostering the Mediterranean Diet
22/02/2023
The role of conssumers in shaping healthier and more sustainable food systems was discussed during a technical webinar organized by the SFS-MED Platform...
Africa requires a collective effort to transform the continent’s agrifood systems and end malnutrition, QU Dongyu tells AU Summit
17/02/2023
FAO Director-General addresses high-level side event in Addis Ababa...
Albania, Jordan, and Morocco: FAO project to accelerate food systems transformation pathways
26/01/2023
Support from Italy enables multi-stakeholder approaches to sustainable food systems in the MediterraneanAmman/Rabat/Rome/Tirana – Food systems stakeholders in Albania, Jordan, and Morocco have gotten a boost from a project funded by the Ministry of Foreig
At GFFA in Berlin, FAO stresses importance of making agrifood systems more resilient against multiple shocks
21/01/2023
FAO’s work and vision were highlighted in several panels as well as the final communiqué...
Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
20/01/2023
FAO hosts panel discussion at Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin
A sustainable transformation of urban food systems: FAO Expert Panel at the 2023 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
17/01/2023
Leveraging urban and local food systems for sustainable food systems transformation...
SFS-MED Webinar 4 - Consumers and Mediterranean diet: towards food systems transformation
16/01/2023
On Thursday 26 January 2023 at 9.30 AM (CET), FAO is co-hosting the SFS-MED Webinar 4: Consumers and Mediterranean diet: towards food systems transformation.The webinar is organized under the framework of the SFS-MED platform, and it will bring together s
Emerging from global crises by shaping sustainable, resilient, healthy, and inclusive food systems
12/01/2023
From 24 to 27 April 2023, the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme and the Food Systems Coordination Hub are co-organizing the Conference ‘The Transformation We Need’, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet
Urban Food Systems Take Centre Stage the 17th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements
09/01/2023
FAO held a High-Level Dialogue on Sustainable Urban Food Systems for SDG Acceleration at the GFHS, December 2022.
Financial opportunities for agriculture: FAO Training Sessions in Benin
13/12/2022
As part of its support to PADAAM, FAO is working to support financial institutions in Benin to increase their agricultural portfolios, targeting specifically financial products for small actors operating in the cassava, maize and rice value chains.To this
Mediterranean region: FAO and Italy to cooperate on concrete programme to support countries in need
03/12/2022
Director-General tells 2nd Ministerial Mediterranean Dialogue that special credit line will help boost resilience...
Supporting market access in Benin: the FAO PADAAM Project
30/11/2022
FAO’s role to support market access for rice, cassava and maize value chains actors in Benin: The FAO PADAAM ProjectIn Benin, the national agricultural development strategy advocates for a paradigm shift focused on the creation of added value through the
COP27: FAO highlighted the importance of transforming agrifood systems as part of the solution to the climate crisis
28/11/2022
Interview with Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director of FAO’s Climate and Environment division...
Retail food environment and green spaces for healthy cities
10/11/2022
A methodological approach based on experiences in Dar es Salaam, Lima and Tunis On Tuesday...
Accelerating agri-food systems transformation for planetary health through the FOLUR Impact Program
08/11/2022
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (2022), one of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that investing in biodiversity conservation and eco-systems restoration is key to both halting deforestation and to reducing r