24 January 2019, Washington, DC - FAO North America and the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) co-hosted a roundtable on Geographical Indications (GIs) for food, with a special focus on stakeholder relationships along value chains. Vim...

The Internship Programme is a learning opportunity aiming to attract talented young women and men who are strongly motivated to share their new perspectives, innovative ideas and latest research experience in FAO’s domains. The programme pr...

13 December 2019, Washington, DC – FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners co-hosted a timely discussion on “Agricultural Landscapes and Climate Change in the U.S.: Recent policy and program developments.” Gabriel Laizer, Strategic Partnerships Officer at FAO North America, provided welc...

Thanks to all of the participants, we look forward to your continuous engagement!

12 December 2018, Washington, DC – After an unprecedented response from young people worldwide, FAO has announced the winners of the seventh edition of the World Food Day Poster Contest wi...

6 December 2018, Washington, DC – With global hunger levels on the rise for the third consecutive year – reaching 821 million people – FAO North America and the Alliance to End Hunger co-hosted a Congressional Briefing on how the United States can build off its historic leadership in global fo...

4 December 2018, Washington, DC - Blockchains and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) hold enormous potential to transform agriculture and food systems by improving traceability, enabling rights enforcement, optimizing food chains, and improving transactions. To examine the potential ...

28 November 2018, Washington, DC – In recognition of World Soil Day, observed on 5 December, FAO North America and The Nature Conservancy convened a roundtable discussion on the importance of promoting soil health to ensure global food and nutrition security at the FAO Liasion Office for North...

8 November 2018, Washington, DC – FAO North America and CSIS Global Food Security Project hosted a discussion on the linkages between migration, agriculture and rural development, based on the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA...

From World Food Day to World Food Prize, CFS 45, Canadian Perspectives on Migration and Climate Change, and a discussion at IFPRI on the rising hunger numbers, our latest Newsletter features a wide range of activities.    

Dr. Lawrence Haddad

Dr. Lawrence Haddad is a 2018 World Food Prize Laureate.

One of the sessions as part of the Borl...

30 October 2018, Ottawa, ON - FAO North America in partnership with CARE Canada and Aga Khan Foundation Canada convened a high-level public event on the 2018 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA 2018) report focusing on migration an...

15 December 2018, Washington, DC - With 2030 almost decade away, World Food Day gave a clarion call for action and collaboration to...

22 October 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America and the World Food Law Institute co-hosted the first of three special Geographical Indications Roundtables for the 2018-19 year at the Cosmos Club. The discussion focused on the relation between Geographical Indications and Sustainability, an...

17 October 2018, Des Moines, IA - FAO North America in partnership with the Alliance to End Hunger convened a timely side event with the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates, Dr. Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro, on how to ensure food and nutrition security amidst rising conflict and climate v...

16 October 2018, Washington, D.C. – Aaron R. of Arlington, Virginia, has been selected as the first place winner of the first-ever World Food Day Poetry Contest.  Followed by Jesse Alexander of Clinton, Maryland, and Teri Ellen Cross Davis of Silver Spring, MD, in second and third place. ...

On October 16, the global community will celebrate World Food Day to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). For more than 70 years, FAO has played a critical role in combatting global hunger as a preeminent knowledge organization, technic...

15-17 October 2018, Rome – The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) kicked off its 45th session in Rome, Italy from Oct 15 - 19. Through a partnership between FAO North America and the George Washington University (GW) Planet Forward Initiative, f...

Read our latest newsletter  with a World Food Day Message from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue; International Perspectives on Food Wa...

10 October 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America in conjunction with the Congressional Hunger Caucus and the Congressional Food Waste Caucus hosted a briefing on this year’s World Food Day theme “Our actions are our future. A #ZeroHunger world by 2030 is possible,” and the triumphs and chal...

5 September 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America, in conjunction with the House Food Waste Caucus, organized a Congressional Briefing about food waste reduction efforts around the world to highlight success stories of the growing global movement to address this important issue.

The ...