A webinar co-organized by IFPRI, Embassy of Denmark, World Resource Institute, Champions 12.3; and with the collaboration of the World Food Forum

The military invasion in Ukraine has caused fresh risks to global food security in a context of already sharp increases in food prices. Short...

36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

The Ministerial Session of the 36th Regional Conference for the Near East (#NERC36) is open to all FAO members in the Near East and North Africa region, representatives of the United Nations Bodies and specialized agencies an...

Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021- Side Event (20 January 2022 / 10:00 hours CET)

Fruits and vegetables are important constituents of healthy diets. High levels of losses and waste in fruits and vegetables, however, represent a considerable waste of the beneficial nutrients th...

Convened by the UN Secretary-General, over 160 Member States, representatives of partners and stakeholder groups, came together at the Food Systems Summit on 23-24 September 2021 where they articulated hundreds of individual and collective solutions and commitments to transform food systems to...

For many around the world, the Holidays, and particularly Christmas, represent a period of celebration that brings family and friends together. Customs, habits and behaviours transmitted from past times are still alive. In the past, preparing a variety of foods w...

On the occasion of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) proclaimed by the UN General Assembly, the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA), in collaboration with Italmercati, organised the webinar “Fruits and vegetables for human development: let’s take action!”.

This ev...

Support Members, upon their request, in the implementation of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction

Organized shortly after the United Nations Food Systems Summit, CFS 49 will focus on the 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition report, uptake of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition, CFS Mutli-Year Programme of Work and other ongoing CFS workstreams and priorities.

Our Actions are our Future!

The food you choose and the way you consume it affect our health and that of our planet. It has an impact on the way agri-food systems work. So you need to be part of the change.

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu made the pledge at the closing segment of the UN Food Systems Summit, "Carrying forward the vision and momentum for 2030," where he delivered the Summit's closing statement. The landmark event adopted, for the first time, a comprehensive approach towards agri-foo...

On the occasion of the 2021 virtual global event a clear call to action was made to the public (national or local authorities) and private (businesses, including producers) sectors and individuals. They were called to prioritize actions and move ahead with innovation to reduce food loss and waste and contribute to restoring and building better agri-food systems.

The World Food Day 2021 was the first International Day to be celebrated on 16 October at Expo Dubai, which runs from 1 October to 31 March 2022. The UN Secretary General disseminated a message thorugh social media "the way we produce, consume and waste our food is a heavy toll in our pla...

On 29 September 2021, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be observed for the second time.

Reducing food loss and waste is of significant importance as it contributes to the realization of broader improvements to agri-food s...

13-16 SEPTEMBER 2021 / A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION dedicated to Postharvest Loss Reduction for Sustainable Food Systems

The 3rd AAPHCE is a follow up to the 2nd AAPHCE and 1st AAPHCE which were held in 2019 and 2017 respectively. The AUC has now instituti...

FAO has developed the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction (CoC) following the request of the 26th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG). The CoC was developed through an inclusive process under the overall direction and guidance of the COAG Bureau. In...

Se recibieron más de 1 200 ideas para las vías de acción, que se prepararon y sintetizaron en 107 propuestas iniciales. Estas propuestas se someterán a un amplio abanico de consultas de partes interesadas entre mayo y junio de 2021 y estarán estrechamente coordinadas por los Diálogos de la Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios y la labor del Comité Científico.

On 29 April, the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee adopted an anti-food-waste law, which will shortly go into effect.

On the 3rd to 5th May 2021 the University of Nairobi Postharvest Research team, drawn from the Departments of Plant Science and Crop Protection and Food Science Nutrition and Technology hosted a three-day intensive short course: Postharvest food loss and waste reduction: towards sustainable fo...

La Autoridad Europea de Seguridad Alimentaria (EFSA) ha publicado una nueva guía para ayudar a los proveedores de alimentos a decidir qué información ofrecer a los consumidores sobre el almacenamiento de alimentos y los plazos para su consumo.