30 September 2020, Washington D.C. – Sub-Saharan Africa is home to almost one billion people, and more than 60 percent are under the age of 25. With Africa’s population expected to double by 2050, unleashing the intellectual and creative capital of Africa’s youth is imperative to meeting the r...

To rethink the ways in which we produce and handle our food, and to highlight actions and solutions to reduce food loss and waste, FAO North America and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) hosted a twitter chat on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on Sept...

Today, during the 27th session of FAO’s Technical Committee on Agriculture (COAG), FAO launched with Member countries the Global-Hub on Indigenous Food Systems, a knowledge center fully dedicated to bridge th...

28 September 2020, Washington DC/Montreal QC – To mark the inaugural International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, FAO North America and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) organized a webi...

Date: Tuesday, 29^th September from 10 – 11 EDT

Topic:  “Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.”

Host: @FAONorthAmerica (cohost <...

08 September 2020, Washington D.C. - FAO North America hosted a panel discussion about the documentary Gather, which shows an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty...

It has been a great pleasure to have been involved and participate in the seven brainstorming and introductory meetings with indigenous peoples from across the United States and Canada that were organized by FAO North America over the past two months.

I would like to thank every si...

“There is no fear because nature will always be there in some form. And the hope is all my work can be passed to three other youth out there so it can grow” - Clifton Bruno.

Clifton Bruno is Wasco from the Columbia River basin in Oregon; where his peoples have lived sin...

2 September 2020 – Indigenous peoples’ food systems have sustained communities while preserving biodiversity for centuries. FAO considers indigenous peoples as key allies in improving food security and transforming food systems given their traditional knowledge, capacity to preserve biodiversi...

“Food is what connects people, and especially here. It’s always what brings people together” - Aimee Pond.

Dianne Amiotte-Seidel and Aimee Pond are both enrolled members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. Together they are part of the dedicated team of the Thunder Valley Commu...

As Chair of the informal Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples in Rome, and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the FAO, I welcome the close collaboration between the FAO Liaison Office for North America in Washington D.C. under the leadership of its Director, Vimlendra Shara...

From Africa’s great lakes to the mega-deltas of large river systems; from mountain streams to mangrove-fringed lagoons; and from rocky coasts to the open ocean, small-scale fisheries (SSF) provide livelihoods for millions, essential nutrition for billions, and bolster household, local and nati...

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The pandemic has accelerated a rethink of the global economy. It is not clear where it will lead. The old socio-economic developmental paradigm is looking tired. One way or another, change must come. Questions of equity and access, so fundamental to...

23 July 2020 – “Transforming our food systems as well as our health systems are critical pillars to ending malnutrition in all its forms and achieving nutritional wellbeing for all,” stated Renata Micha, Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report’s Independent Expert Group, during the webinar

Migrant workers within and across countries are central to food systems – agricultural production, and food processing, transportation, and retail – globally. To contain the spread of COVID-19, mobility restrictions, border closures, and lockdowns have limited migrant workers’ ability to perfo...

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The COVID-19 pandemic refuses to abate. If IMF predictions hold true, the global economy could contract by 5% in 2020, leaving behind a world with unprecedented economic upheavals causing major disruptions in all sectors, including agriculture and food.

It is impera...

18 June 2020 - “We must limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance now and treat it as the emergency it is. Otherwise, a century of progress in health, economic and development gains can be jeopardized within a generation timeframe,” stated Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General at...

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2 July 2020, Washington, DC - In recognition of the power of poetry to move hearts and minds, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for...

2 July 2020, Washington DC – While millions of people around the world lose their livelihoods due to the pandemic, and lines in front of food banks get longer, news about fresh produce being plowed under, milk being wasted and livestock being euthanized have received increasing attention.

30 June 2020 – Forests and the biodiversity they contain continue to be under threat from human activities. To explore solutions in balancing conservation goals with local needs and global demands for forest resources, FAO North America and the National Geographic Society hosted a virtual