FAO Regional Conferences are an official forum where ministers of agriculture and high officials of Member States from the same geographic region, meet to elaborate, beyond the borders of the individual countries, on challenges and priority matters related to food [...]

GFAR is an open forum and a movement for change. Together we are working to make agri-food research and innovation more effective, responsive and equitable, towards achieving Sustainable Development outcomes. GFAR’s focus is to ensure that agricultural innovation systems, encompassing research, [...]

The Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) aims to safeguard and improve the nutritional status of emergency affected populations by ensuring an appropriate response that is predictable, timely and effective and at scale. The GNC is first and foremost a coordination mechanism. The GNC’s [...]

The Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Initiative supports the implementation of nationally led, ambitious programmes to accelerate agrifood systems transformations by eradicating poverty (SDG1), ending hunger and malnutrition (SDG2), and reducing inequalities (SDG10). It uses advanced geospatial modeling and analytics, as well as [...]

The CGIAR Independent Science & Partnership Council (ISPC) is a standing panel of eminent scientific experts, whose aim is to strengthen the quality, relevance, and impact of CGIAR science. The ISPC’s overarching purpose is to provide independent advice and expertise [...]

The LEAP Partnership was founded in 2012 as a result of a consultative process between FAO’s Animal Production and Health Division with three stakeholder groups (governments, private sector and civil society). The overarching goal of this initiative is to contribute to [...]