At the request of the Adaptation Committee of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Trade Center (ITC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the workshop on “F

Agriculture is highly exposed and vulnerable to climate-induced disasters. This is evident by a recent FAO study which revealed that agriculture absorbed 26 % of the total economic damage and loss caused by climate-induced natural hazards in developing co

On 24 October, FAO together with representatives of developing countries, international donors and other UN Agencies participated to the third Meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for SDG 1.3 which was held at the International Labour Organization

Agri-food Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the development of sustainable food value chains.  They provide near-by market outlets for small family farmers, as well as generating scarce off-farm rural jobs for young peopl

FAO and the independent international peacebuilding organization, Interpeace, have partnered to develop and test tools that will enable more systematic and robust conflict-sensitive programming – while ensuring they are practical and can become embedded i

Innovation and Technology in Agriculture Trade Wednesday 21 November 2018: 10h00-12h00.  Room Concordia-1, Palais des Nations, Geneva FAO supports Member Countries’ effective engagement in the formulation of trade agreements that are conducive to improv

Goal of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan The goal of the conference is to show the solidarity of the international community with the Afghan people and the government in their efforts for peace and prosperity; and for the Afghan government to renew i

FAO participated to a workshop of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative (FPGH) on “Best Practices on Nutrition in the Fight Against non-communicable diseases” (NCDs) that was held at WHO Headquarter on 16 November 2018. Starting in 2008, Global

Deputy Director-General Programme, Dan Gustafson represented FAO at the Yemen High-Level Pledging Conference held in Geneva on 26 February 2019, along with FAO Representative in Yemen, Salah El Hajj Hassan, and the Geneva Liaison Office Director, Carolyn

On 20 March 2019, a group of students from His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (Dubai/UAE), visited the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva. Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Director of FAO Geneva welcomed the students and gave them a shor

Animal diseases can have a major impact on trade and food security. The Republic of Cameroon set its objective to be a major exporter of livestock products in its Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (2010-2020). This required improving the quality of mea

International Day of Forests (IDF) – Forests and the SDGs, 21 March Palais des Nations, Room VIII, 10h30 to 11h45 The International Day of Forests 2019 is commemorated under the theme “Forests and Education” with a slogan “Learn to Love Forests”.  It un

At the request of Hon. Hassan Houmed Ibrahim, Ministre délégué auprès du Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, on 26 March 2019, Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Mr. Julio Pinto, Animal Health Officer, met

On 28 March, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva organized an event at the Palais des Nations to present the World Livestock Report 2018 “Transforming the livestock sector through the sustainable development goals”. Representatives from the Permanent Mission

"Sharing the Gains from Trade: Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Agro-food Value Chains" Tuesday 2 April 2019. Palais des Nations, Geneva.  FAO supports Member Countries’ effective engagement in the formulation of trade agreements that are conduci

On 4 April 2019, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva co-organized with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva a Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG) session on “Reducing Food Insecurity and Hunger in Conflict Settings”. Over 25

FAO Geneva hosted a visit of twenty-two students from the International School of Geneva (ISG) who took part in the FAO’s Essay and Drawing Competition held in February-March 2019.  The Competition was one the events that FAO Geneva organized to mark the

23 April 2019, Geneva - International trade is a very important tool for tackling hunger but countries must also guarantee that globally traded food is of good quality, safe and healthy, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the Intern

FAO presents a multi-country cost-benefit analysis on disaster risk reduction at farm level. Geneva - Dr Stephan Baas, Strategic Advisor on resilience at FAO headquarters in Rome presented the study during a session on Making disaster risk reduction (DRR

Geneva – FAO and UNDP join-forced with the CADRI Secretariat to organize a side event on “Do’s and don’ts on disaster risk reduction strategy development” at the Sixth Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction. The event was chaired by H.E. Makeda Antoi