The year 2021 marks the beginning of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, and Food systems that are healthier, more sustainable and equitable are key to achieving many of the SDGS.COVID-19 also revealed how important resilience of food systems is. However, overall and beyond emergencies and shocks, food systems are unsustainable and it is fundamental that they be drastically transformed.A recent FAO survey has clearly demonstrated the enormous and active role that cities and local governments have played in attenuating the effects of the pandemic on the health and...

Rome - Today, on the occasion of the fourth observance of World Bee Day, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the important role that bees and other pollinators play in ensuring ecosystems services, food security, nutrition, and livelihoods, at a high-level virtual gathering under the theme ‘Bee engaged - Build Back Better for Bees'. "The 2030 Agenda calls for the eradication of hunger and poverty" said the Director-General. "We need food systems that are more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Bees play a major role in that. They are important to our food security, nutrition and...

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...

罗马 - 多层级的伙伴关系对于建立一个没有饥饿的世界至关重要，粮农组织总干事屈冬玉在周六会见小型粮食生产者和家庭农民的代表--民间社会和土著人民的主要领导人时表示。 总干事与代表们谈及了方方面面的内容，他指出"我们希望所有民间社会组织都发挥积极作用"，并强调需要改善全球粮食系统。"粮农组织将为你们提供帮助。" 总干事在一年一度的民间社会和土著人民机制论坛（CSM）上致辞，该论坛为非政府行动方参与世界粮食安全委员会（粮安委）这一多方利益相关者平台的政策制定工作提供了通道。今天的活动重点关注如何加强对实现可持续发展目标2（也称为零饥饿）的承诺。