High-level mission focuses on enhancing collaboration with the Brazilian presidency to promote climate action through investment in sustainable and resilient agrifood systems

Over the past three decades, AQUASTAT, FAO’s Global Information System on Water and Agriculture has provided comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date data on water resources use and management worldwide. Launched in the 1990s as a cornerstone of FAO’s water programme,...

Rome- As the European Commission calls on countries to improve how they plan and allocate space and water for aquaculture, FAO’s programme on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) is already offering time-tested, community-driven examples....

In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) to serve as a framework for developing public policies and investments to support family farming worldwide. The third report of the UNDFF implementation will inform...

Headquarters plays host to the second part of the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) this week. Hosting the meeting at FAO is also recognition of the critical role of agrifood systems in achieving global...