Rome – Consumers can be the “catalyst” to drive the transformation of agri-food systems, influencing how we produce and consume food in an increasingly digital world, said the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today in a special address during the celebration of Consumers International’s 60th anniversary.  In his remarks, Qu congratulated Consumers International, a global federation of consumer groups, and called for even closer collaboration with FAO.  He stressed the need to promote healthy diets and to educate consumers enabling them to make healthier choices, to respect farmers’ work...

Conflict is currently the main driver of food crises around the world: according to the latest release of The Global Report on Food Crises, 77 million people who suffer from acute food insecurity live in places affected by conflict or insecurity. In addition, over 80 percent of humanitarian and development work is carried out in conflict-affected contexts; with this in mind, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) works actively to mainstream...

Rome - « Des partenariats à de multiples niveaux sont essentiels afin de parvenir à un monde sans faim, » a déclaré samedi M. Qu Dongyu, Directeur général de la FAO lors d'une réunion où se sont rencontrés des exposants issus de la société civile et des populations autochtones, qui représentent des petits producteurs et des exploitants familiaux. « Nous avons besoin que l'ensemble de...

Rome/Damas - Slow Food et l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) organisent une tournée d'étude cette semaine dans le nord-ouest de l'Italie avec un groupe d'agricultrices syriennes. Les deux organisations ont uni leurs forces afin d'améliorer les techniques des petites productrices syriennes dans le but d'aider les communautés affectées par les crises...

 Rome, 12 December - FAO and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) joined forces to guarantee that future farmers, pastoralists and fishers can meaningfully contribute to decision making processes about food and agriculture. The 4-day training applying participative learning methods was successful in increasing young food producer’s knowledge on viable tools and governance mechanisms related to food and agriculture, and in opening up a space for the young IPC members to exchange experiences and engage in dialogue with FAO representatives, sharing ideas, concerns and proposals. As a result of the training, while recognizing the heterogeneous needs among rural youth, young...