14 November, Washington, DC – What does financing for integrated landscapes look like and how can it account for all the positive externalities downstream? To explore current models, FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners hosted a roundtable featuring Seth Shames, Director for Policy and Markets at E...

With obesity levels on the rise globally and the increasing negative impacts of our food system, this year World Food Day focused on engaging all sectors to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone. At the same tim...

6 November 2019, Ottawa, Ontario – The Canada 2020 National Forum on Agri-Food was opened by David McInnes, Senior Fellow at Canada 2020, who asked the question, “Can Canada be the most sustainable food system ...

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“World Food Day is an important reminder of why the U.S. should sustain our investments in food security both at home and abroad. I'm commemorating #WorldFoodDay this year by celebrating the millions of people around the world involved in getting food from our f...

29 October 2019, Washington, DC – “The world today faces a paradox of having more food than ever, yet hunger persists as food is unevenly distributed,” said Danish Ambassador to the United States Lone Wisborg in her keynote address at the FAO North America and the Center for Strategic Int...

We heard inspiring words of invention and hope. Vital partnerships bringing together communities, governments, humanitarian organizations, educators, local leaders, and businesses. Entrepreneurs adapting new tools and techniques to support smallholder farmers so they can grow their food ...

22 October 2019, Washington, DC - FAO North America hosted a special event on Capitol Hill in honor of World Food Day, which commemorates each October the founding of FAO in 1945, and promotes worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and other forms of malnutrition and f...

17 October, Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 365 which "designates October 16, 2019, and October 16, 2020, as 'World Food Day', and encourages the people of the United States to observe the days with appropriate ceremonies and activities."

WASHINGTON – The FAO North America Office and Poetry X Hunger are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 World Food Day Poetry Competition. Taking center stage as the first-place winner is “The Fruits of Famine” by Henry Crawford of Montgomery County, MD. Receiving the second-place award is...

16 October 2019, Des Moines, Iowa – “There can be no nutrition and food security without access to quality seeds for the world’s smallholders,” stated Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO North America during his opening remarks at a breakout session held during the 2019 Borlaug Dialogue on World...

10 October 2019, Washington, DC – FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners convened a roundtable discussion to reflect on the UN Climate Week in New York and discuss its implications for landscapes.

Sara Scherr, President and CEO of EcoAgriculture Partners, moderated the roundtable...

Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHunger World

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What: Join FAO North America and Chef’s Manifesto for the World Food Day Twitter Chat on how we can m...

8 October 2019, Ottawa, ON - FAO North America in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the University of Ottawa’s International Development and Globalization Student Association co-organized a high-level technical discussion highlighti...

Focusing on the Past Will Not Feed the Future

By U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue

World Food Day is about more than the founding of t...

19-20 September, Washington, DC – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with FAO staff and senior government and multilateral organizations officials, including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, during his inaugural visit to Washington, DC, in advance of the 74^th UN General A...

 2 October 2019, Chicago, Illinois - The North America Landscape Finance Forum (NALFF) explored integrated landscape investment models in the U.S. and Canada, where some of the most innovative initiatives are taking place. The goals of the full-day forum was to be...

27 September 2019, New York - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) renewed their partnership on Thursday, pledging to cooperate in areas of common interest.

The Memorandum of Understanding, which replenishes...

27 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Yannick Glemarec Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today agreed to work more closely together to transform agro-food systems so that they can become more productive in a sustainable way.

27 September 2019, New York - Food security and nutrition must be a priority in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can count on FAO's support in taking "better coordinated and more coherent actions" towards that goal, Director-General Qu Dongyu said on Friday.