FAO at COP16

21/10/2024 - 01/11/2024

The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, under the theme “Peace with Nature”.

FAO at COP29

11/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku will take place between 11-22 November. The Conference is a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.

Regional Meeting of the Chairs of National Parliaments’ Committees on Agriculture

22/10/2024 - 23/10/2024

Increasing the connections among parliamentarians in the Europe and Central Asia region is key to supporting food systems transformation. In line with this, as a follow-up to the Global Parliamentarian Meeting in June 2023 in Chile and FAO’s preparatory meeting of five chairs of Agrarian Committees from Albania, Armenia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine in October 2023, FAO...

World Food Day convoy 2024

16/10/2024

More than 20 partner companies will join the nineteenth food donation convoy marking World Food Day 2024. Matching this year’s theme ‘Right to foods for a better life and a better future’, the heavy vehicles will roll through Budapest carrying food donations for needy families.

EU CAP Network workshop ‘Promoting pollinator-friendly farming’

Hybrid Event, 18/06/2024 - 19/06/2024

In line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU Pollinators Initiative and the Nature Restoration Law under the European Green Deal, this EU CAP Network workshop aims to support sustainable agriculture by sharing innovative pollinator-friendly farming practices and systems that promote knowledge exchange and cooperation between different actors in this field.

Advancing on green policies for agrifood systems transformation in Europe and Central Asia

Hybrid Event, 29/05/2024 - 31/05/2024

The Regional Conference on Green Agriculture is organised by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and it will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, and online.

The main objective of the conference is to discuss and exchange experiences on green agriculture and examine the status of green innovation, technology and polices for advancing green transformation of the ...

National workshop on green agriculture in Kazakhstan

19/04/2024

The event aims to introduce green agriculture as a holistic framework for transforming these systems, aligning them with sustainable practices to support Kazakhstan's green economy strategy.

Launch of the European State of the Climate 2023 report

Hybrid Event, 22/04/2024

The launch of the new European State of the Climate 2023 (ESOTC 2023) report will held on 22nd April at 12:30-13:30 (CEST) at WMO Headquarters, Geneva and online, where the key findings of the report will be presented by experts from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

15th International LANDNET Workshop

05/06/2024 - 07/06/2024

The 15th International LANDNET workshop will take place from 5 to 7 June 2024 in Middelburg, Netherlands. The workshop is organized by FAO REU together with Kadaster and the Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. The indoor sessions of the workshop will be streamed via YouTube.

Conference on Bio- and Phyto-Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Agricultural Soil Towards Green Agriculture

Hybrid Event, 16/04/2024

In Central Asia, cost-effective approaches are needed to have a realistic chance for remediating the large volumes of contaminated agricultural soil. Since this is a challenging issue in the ...

FAO Regional Workshop on building resilience in agrifood systems for drought mitigation and emergency support to conflict affected countries in the ECA Region

Hybrid Event, 25/03/2024 - 27/03/2024

World Soil Day 2023: Regional Dialogue on Soil Protection and Science-Policy Interface (Serbia)

Virtual Event, 05/12/2023

As soils provide most of our food and are central to our planet’s life-support system. Without healthy soils, we cannot sustain healthy lives. It is necessary to good care of soils and to be aware of the consequences of our agricultural activities, in order to protect our precious resource.

In order to raise awareness about these, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia hosts a...

FAO at COP28

Hybrid Event, 01/12/2023 - 12/12/2023

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12 December. The Conference is set to be a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.

COP28 brings together world leaders, policymakers, scientists, and stak...

Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in the livestock sector in the Balkans

06/12/2023 - 07/12/2023

At the technical consultation meeting on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in the livestock sector in the Balkans, representatives from the veterinary and food safety authorities from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, as well as from international agencies will discuss current gaps and needs for tackling antimicrobial use and antimicr...

Science and Innovation Day in Türkiye: Potential and Future of Millets for Food and Agriculture

02/10/2023

This event is organized in the context of the International Year of Millets and Science and Innovation Days as a collaboration between the Field Crops Central Research Institute and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Science and Innovation Day in Azerbaijan

03/10/2023

An event on the role of science and innovation in ensuring food security was held 3 October 2023 at Azerbaijan State Agrarian University in Ganja, as part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Science and Innovation Week for Europe and Central Asia. The event was jointly organized by the FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan S...

Science and Innovation Day in the Kyrgyz Republic

03/10/2023

On October 3, 2023, the FAO Representation Office in the Kyrgyz Republic together with Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K. I. Skryabin plan to organize Science & Innovation Day to enable science- and evidence-based decision-making for accelerating the transformation to more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient agrifood systems.

Science and Innovation Day in Georgia - Bacteriophages for Sustainable Ecosystem

03/10/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with World Health Organization (WHO); Environmental Information and Education Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and the Georgian Association for General and Applied Microbiology are organizing the Science and Innovation Day on October 3, 2023.

Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization

Hybrid Event, 27/09/2023 - 29/09/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (GAMC), with the theme “Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Resilience” from 27 to 29 September 2023. 

Green Growth: Strategies and actions to shift towards sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean region

Virtual Event, 12/09/2023

The SFS-Med Platform is organizing on September 12th the sixth technical webinar of a series about the levers for food systems transformation, focusing on “Green Growth: Strategies and Actions to Shift towards Sustainable Food Systems in the Mediterranean Region”.