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World Food Forum 2024 closes after a week of collaboration and commitment to "Good Food for All –Today and Tomorrow

Over 8,000 attendees gathered at FAO headquarters in Rome, sparking impactful collaboration to transform agrifood systems

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Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches

FAO urges immediate and unimpeded access to deliver critical agricultural aid and commercial food production inputs in time for the upcoming winter planting season

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World Food Day 2024: Global ceremony highlights the right to nutritious safe and affordable foods

FAO rallies global community behind the 2024 theme: Right to Foods for a better life and a better future - Leave No One Behind

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World Food Forum: FAO Director-General opens Science and Innovation Forum 2024

The theme of the forum’s third edition is Inclusive Science and Innovation for Agrifood Systems Transformation, Leaving No One Behind

FAO in Geneva

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (FAO in Geneva) is working with partners to achieve FAO’s corporate goal and the wider Sustainable Development Agenda. It works as an advocacy and partnership platform, to ensure FAO’s role and impact is well understood... find out more.

Through the FAO in Geneva Thematic Dialogue Series, it is also championing key thematic issues of importance to FAO, its members and partners, leveraging key field work of the Organization.

Recent and upcoming events

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2024

World Food Day 2024 in Geneva: Jeu de piste
16/10/2024

Le mercredi 16 octobre 2024 se tiendra la Journée Mondiale de l’alimentation et c’est l’occasion pour la FAO, l’Association ma-terre et la Fondation Partage de se réunir pour proposer une action autour des enjeux de l’alimentation à travers un quiz participatif. Nous vous donnons rendez-vous au Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (MEG) de 11h00 à 17h00 pour participer à une activité de sensibilisati...

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2024

FAO at the Geneva Peace Week 2024
16/10/2024

The 11th edition of the Geneva Peace Week will take place from 14 to 18 October 2024 in Geneva. The annual Peace Week is a leading forum in international peacebuilding through which organizations in Geneva and their international partners convene to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics related to peace.

As part of this year’s Peace Week, FAO is co-organizing a pea...

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Climate action

Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change.

FAO IN GENEVA THEMATIC DIALOGUE SERIES
New Dialogue series on Agroecology

Agroecology and its principles are increasingly recognized as a promising pathway for providing sustainable solutions to the issues of food security and nutrition 

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FAO Flagship publications

FAO’s State of the World publications provide a comprehensive overview of the most pressing global issues associated with food and agriculture.

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FAO emergencies and resilience

In emergencies, FAO saves lives, safeguards livelihoods, and lays the foundations for resilience.

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