Reports and briefs
Shaping sustainable agrifood futures: pre-emerging and emerging technologies and innovations for impact
An extended global foresight report with regional and stakeholders' insights FAO’s Office of Innovation is working with CIRAD (International Cooperation Centre of Agricultural Research for Development) and other partners on an FAO initiative on foresight on pre-emerging and emerging agrifood...
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Policy documents
Guidance on strengthening national science–policy interfaces for agrifood systems
In line with its Science and Innovation Strategy, FAO has developed this guidance on strengthening science–policy interfaces (SPIs) for agrifood systems at the national level, helping to ensure that effective policy decisions are made based upon sufficient, relevant, and credible science and...
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Summaries of consultations
Case studies of agrifood systems technologies and innovations for climate action at country level: Compendium
Climate change is having a devastating effect on many of the world’s agrifood systems and the communities that rely on them for their livelihoods. This compendium contains summaries of forty case studies, from a total of over two hundred submitted to FAO for the Science and Innovation Forum 2023...
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Reports and briefs
The food systems countdown report 2024 Tracking progress and managing interactions
Tracking progress and managing interactions The Food Systems Countdown Initiative aims to monitor the state of food systems transformation through relevant data, independent of any established monitoring processes.Such monitoring can help align decision makers around key priorities, incentivize...
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Consultation
Consultation
FAO flagships
The State of Food and Agriculture 2024: Value-driven transformation of agrifood systems
Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities generate significant benefits for society, but also have negative impacts on economic, social and...
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Launch of the Flagship Publication "The State of Food and Agriculture 2024"
Save-the-Date for SOFA 2024.
The new 2024 edition of the State of Food and Agriculture in the World (SOFA) will be launched on Friday, 8th November 2024 from 12.30pm CET (Rome time). The report looks into value-driven transformation of agrifood systems, where we refine the global estimates of the "hidden costs" of agrifood systems, and take a look at case studies using true cost accounting (TCA) to break down the hidden costs on our health, the environment and society.
Interpretation will be provided in all 6 UN languages:
- Register on Zoom here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p2S0FeutSQ6CW0zDmu_kkQ#/registration
- Or watch on web cast here on the day: https://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/6777/icode/
- And see previous editions of the SOFA reports here: https://www.fao.org/publications/sofa
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Call for submissions
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Community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality
The objective of this call for submissions is to collect good practices, experiences, and lessons learnt on the use of community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality. The initiative, organized by the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), seeks to gather insights from a diverse range of contributors, both within FAO and from external stakeholders. Its goal is to share knowledge, foster learning, and guide the scaling up of community engagement and community-led collective action to leave no one behind. The call builds on FAO's past efforts in this area, such as the Community Engagement Days series of webinars.
Call for submissions
From Foresight to Field: Exploring regional and multistakeholder perspectives to implement a foresight on emerging technologies and innovations in agrifood systems
This call is organized by the FAO’s Office of Innovation in the context of engaging various stakeholders to deepen an understanding of the potential pathways of the agrifood system transformation at regional level. The submission findings will contribute to the full foresight report, based on the synthesis report “Harvesting change: Harnessing emerging technologies and innovations for agrifood system transformation”, that will be featured during FAO’s multistakeholder workshop "FutureFood-I Lab in action: Cultivating Innovation for Agrifood Systems’ Transformation" (June 2024, Italy).