Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

24 May 2023, at 11:00 to 12:30 (Rome time). Zoom event on launching FAO’s governance framework paper will focus on the ways governance can be leveraged by policy and development experts and practitioners to offer more effective and realistic support to countries to advance transformative change. It will also share experiences from countries where it was used, with a view to help assess the risks

18 MAY 2023 | Zoom | 09:30-12:00 (CEST) | English and Russian. The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) invites you to the “ Digital Villages in Action in Europe and Central Asia ” virtual event, which brings together policy actors, stakeholders, partners, and beneficiaries to launch the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI) in eight countries of Europe and Central Asia. Read more and

The CFS HLPE-FSN is looking for a drafting team leader and drafting team experts for its upcoming report "Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation" . The selected experts will be co-authors of the HLPE-FSN report, will engage with the HLPE-FSN Steering Committee and will participate in the CFS

The AIMA (International Association of Agricultural Museums https://www.agriculturalmuseums.org/ ) has linked East and West Europe since 1966, and today brings together museum, institutional and individual members from North America to India and Japan over vital topics such as World Soil Day on December 5th, 15:00 CET. Attendees will be welcomed by AIMA President Claus Kropp to a first

Organized by CFS in collaboration with the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa at the MENA Agri-Food Innovation Days at Expo Dubai, the high level event will: Raise awareness about the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSN) and mobilize policy and political commitments by governments, donors, civil society

Disruptive weather patterns and climate change have a direct bearing on global food security, so a better understanding of such complex systems is crucial to fighting hunger and poverty. During the virtual event "Climate change, peace and food security. A holistic approach for a sustainable future", the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Giorgio Parisi, will be invited to join the FAO Nobel Laureates

The Global AgriInno Challenge 2021, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, aims to encourage youth and women to harness innovation, entrepreneurship and technologies to address challenges related to the transformation of rural villages into ‘Digital Villages’ that contribute to the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, while leaving no one

Building on the outcomes of the recent UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), this webinar aims to facilitate a dialogue on the role that evaluation can play for learning and bringing solutions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. Bringing together evaluators and development practitioners, the webinar will offer a platform to exchange on the shifts that evaluation practices must

The Global AgriInno Challenge 2021 is co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University in partnership with the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. The Challenge aims to harness innovation, entrepreneurship and digital technologies to address challenges related to the transformation from rural villages into ‘Digital Villages’ that contribute

The ‘Digital Agriculture Report: Rural E-commerce Development—Experience from China’, produced by FAO and Zhejiang University, has been officially released. The publication examines how rural e-commerce could advance the digital transformation of agri-food systems, including increasing production efficiency, expanding farmers’ market access, improving poverty alleviation, fostering agricultural