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.

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13 September 2018, Washington, DC - Representatives from major US corporations joined FAO North America and the Alliance to End Hunger for a roundtable discussion on how to leverage private sector investment in agricultural value chains to benefit smallholders and contribute to zero hunger. Ma...

World Food Day Poetry Competition

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 North America announces the first-ever World Food Day (WFD) Poetry Competition. The poet...

The General Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution underlining the importance of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025), which highlights and encourages efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal targets related to hunger, undernutrition an...

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29 June 2018, Washington, DC – FAO North America and the Danish Embassy co-hosted a screening of the movie “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste” together with the directors and Emmy Award winners Anna Chai and Na...

28 June 2018 - FAO North America Liaison Office hosted a roundtable on biofortification in collaboration with Global Harvest Initiative (GHI), HarvestPlus and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

26 June 2018 – As integrated landscape management gains momentum as a vehicle through which diverse conservation and Sustainable Development Goals may be realized, FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners organized a roundtable to turn attention towards critical issues around land governa...

20 June 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America in partnership with the Alliance to End Hunger and the Senate Hunger Caucus hosted a discussion entitled, “Research and Technology: Providing ‘Bang for the Buck’ in Global Agricultural Development.” The event gathered staff from congressional of...

26 June 2018, Washington, DC - While Integrated Landscape Management gains momentum as a vehicle through which diverse conservation and Sustainable Development Goals may be realized, FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners organized a roundtable to turn attention towards critical issues ...

5 June 2018, Ottawa, ON - In recognition of World Environment Day, FAO North America and CARE Canada co-hosted "She Feeds the World," a high-level public event that brought together practitioners and policy-makers to discuss the role of women in agriculture in the face of climate change, among...

31 May 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America in collaboration with the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) and the American Society of International Law hosted "Geographical Indications for Food Symposium: Exploring Local Origin, Community Development, and Intellectual Property Rights" at the p...

29 May 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners co-hosted the second High-level Speaker Series entitled, Towards Sustainable Landscapes Investing: Creative strategies to reor...

24 May 2018, Washington, DC - The inaugural World Bee Day was celebrated on May 20^th, with an official ceremony taking place in Slovenia, to draw public attention towards the importance of preserving bees and other p...

Biodiversity signifies the variety of plant and animal life in the world. It includes genetic, species and ecosystem variety. When there is a rich diversity of species, habitats and genetics, ecosystems are healthier, more productive and can better adapt to challenges like climate change...