أخبار حول الأمن الغذائي والتغذية والنظم الغذائية

WEBINAR - Open and Transparent Forest Data: Innovation and Technology for Climate Action

A key pillar of the Paris Agreement is the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), which aims to raise ambitions for climate action through transparent country reporting. The development of National Forest Monitoring Systems with open and transparent data can enable action for forest and climate. In light of the climate emergency, it is time to scale up efforts toward accurate, open and transparent

FAO launches Food Coalition to lift food access, sustainable agri-food systems

The need for concerted action to prevent the COVID-19 international health emergency from triggering a catastrophic world food crisis received a welcome new tool today as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations formally launched the Food Coalition. A "network of networks", the Food Coalition is a voluntary multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral alliance set up to support

ZOOMINAR - Role of Public Policies in Supporting Innovation for Sustainable Agri-Food System Transformation in the NENA Region

FAO and partners have co-organized a series of Innovation Zoominars addressing the role of innovation and digital technologies in increasing resilience of smallholders to emerging disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural livelihoods. This Zoominar session will be part of ITU-UNESCO Regional Digital Inclusion Week for the Arab States, focusing on challenges facing the innovation

WEBINAR - Home-Grown School Feeding

This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO eLearning Academy, Agreenium (l'Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). These webinars are an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learnt, discuss challenges, and propose innovative solutions and models

The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2020

FAO has launched The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020 (SOCO 2020). The report aims to discuss policies and mechanisms that promote sustainable outcomes – economic, social and environmental – in agricultural and food markets, both global and domestic. The analysis is organized along the trends and challenges that lie at the heart of global discussions on trade and development. These

Global AgriInno Challenge 2020

FAO and Zhejiang University are co-organizing the Global AgriInno Challenge 2020. The aim of this initiative is to identify, accelerate and scale up youth-led innovative business models and digital solutions to address the challenges associated with the distribution and sales of agri-food products. The Challenge is open for all youth with ideas for digital development solutions, who are invited to

FAO/GIEWS quarterly global report Crop Prospects and Food Situation

FAO/GIEWS has released the latest issue of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation quarterly report, which highlights that food assistance needs grow as the COVID-19 pandemic hits incomes. Globally, 45 countries, including 34 in Africa, are in need of external assistance for food. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly through the loss of income and jobs related to containment measures

Webinar: Innovation in social protection in response to COVID-19 in the NENA region: Building on best practices case

Thursday, 9 July 2020 @14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+2) The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues to spread throughout the Near East and North Africa (NENA) - Arab States region. The pandemic will have huge impacts on public health and represents already an unprecedented shock to economies, food systems and labour markets globally and in the NENA region, affecting rural poverty and resilience. It

FAO's TECA Platform releases "Open call for technologies and practices" to support smallholder farmers

FAO’s Technologies and Practices for Small Agricultural Producers (TECA) Platform has released an “Open call for technologies and practices” for submissions on sharing practices and technologies that can help smallholder farmers and producers to overcome current challenges. You are invited to submit practices and technologies that have been successfully implemented on the ground, brought positive

SALSA Project Final Conference: Can small farms and food businesses improve people’s access to more and better food in our globalized world?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Évora present the SALSA Project Final Conference Can small farms and food businesses improve people’s access to more and better food in our globalized world? Thursday, 25 June 2020 from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 11:30 to 13:00 (CET) Please register to follow the virtual event through the Zoom conferencing platform