Key areas
Goals
Developing sustainable crop production systems for a world free from hunger
Protecting the environment and biodiversity and facilitating safe trade and economic growth
Enabling more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable crop production and protection
Enhancing farmers' timely access to affordable quality and safe seeds and planting materials
Ensuring food security and nutrition through sustainable plant production and protection
Minimizing agricultural chemical inputs and mitigating climate change impact
Events
8/10
2026
12/10
2026
FAO’s Global Exhibition: From Seeds to Foods
08/10/2026 - 12/10/2026
FAO’s Global Exhibition From Seeds to Foods returns for its second edition, from 8 to 12 October 2026, at the historic Circo Massimo in Rome, building on the success of last year’s event. With free entry to the public, visitors are invited to discover how food is grown, processed, p...
3/8
2026
8/8
2026
Global technical workshop on the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative for tropical Special Agricultural Products under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme
03/08/2026 - 08/08/2026
FAO will organize the Global Technical Workshop on the OCOP initiative for Tropical Special Agricultural Products from 3 to 8 August 2026 in Hainan Province, China. The workshop is designed to build the capacity of stakeholders on the sustainable development of value chains of tropical agricultural products, using China's tropical agriculture sector as a demonstration case. Participants will sh...
24/8
2026
Unlocking the full potential of fruits and vegetables for the transformation of agrifood systems
Hybrid Event, 24/08/2026
Fruits and vegetables are critical sources of essential nutrients and support livelihoods across their value chains — from farmers and processors to traders — making them central to food security, nutrition and economic development. More than 1 000 species contribute to about 30 percent of global food consumption and 20 percent of global food exports. Yet, investment in research and dev...
23/11
2026
26/11
2026
Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (APSAM)
Hybrid Event, 23/11/2026 - 26/11/2026
FAO is organizing the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (APSAM) under the theme “Modernize. Scale. Sustain.” Hosted by the Department of Agriculture of the Government of the Philippines, APSAM will be held from 23 to 26 November 2026 in Manila, Philippines, in a hybrid format.
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- FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP)
- Global Action on Pollination Services for Sustainable Agriculture
- One Country One Priority Product (OCOP)
- Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
- Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA)