Opening Ceremony of the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF) 2026

Hybrid Event, 04/12/2025

Join us for this Opening Ceremony, live from FAO Headquarters in Rome and online. Held during the 179th Session of the FAO Council, the event will officially launch the Year and set the stage for global action.

Celebration of World Soil Day 2025 in the Russian Federation

Hybrid Event, 04/12/2025

FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, PhosAgro, the V.V. Dokuchaev Society of Soil Science together with other partner organizations, are celebrating World Soil D...

Webinar Generation Restoration: Insights from Young Professionals Driving Innovation in Forest and Landscape Restoration

04/12/2025

Join the event and learn about the work that young professionals are implementing and advancing on the ground, from policy and financing to community-based restoration and innovation. 

Opening Ceremony – International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026

Hybrid Event, 02/12/2025

Launch of “The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2025 (SOLAW 2025)"

Hybrid Event, 01/12/2025

Join us for the launch of the report at FAO Headquarters (Sheikh Zayed Centre) and online. The report will be released as a FAO flagship report for the first time. Adopting the theme “The potential to produce more and better”, it f...

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries

28/11/2025

SoMFi provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the status and trends of fisheries in the GFCM area of application. This biennial flagship publication is prepared by the GFCM Secretariat based on the data regularly submitted by GFCM member countries and on the most recent information produced by the GFCM scientific bodies. It is intended as an essential information source on the main is...

Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum 2025

14/10/2025 - 17/10/2025

FAO's annual agrifood investment forum provides a platform for governments to present investment plans – developed through the HIH Initiative – to a global audience of agrifood investors, offering a unique opportunity for partnership building to accelerate agrifood systems transformation for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future

Hybrid Event, 14/10/2025

FAO LOR warmly invites to join us for the side event “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future” under World Food Forum dedicated to empowering young leaders and fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange and promotion of sustainable practices for a better future.

A nomadic Indigenous Peoples' territory at FAO's 80 anniversary

Hybrid Event, 13/10/2025 - 17/10/2025

During the World Food Week and in the occasion of the 80th anniversary of FAO, the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems will host its third annual in-person meeting. The expert meeting will be taking place in the two 

Rome Water Dialogue 2025

Hybrid Event, 13/10/2025 - 17/10/2025

The objective of the Dialogue is to explore and discuss actionable recommendations that will guide FAO’s work on integrated water resource management for resilient agriculture and food security and to encourage commitments from relevant stakeholders in both the water and agriculture sectors towards supporting integrated water resource management.

FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2025

13/10/2025 - 17/10/2025

The Forum serves as a dynamic platform to drive collaboration, knowledge exchange, and transformative action for sustainable agrifood systems.

First FAO Global Exhibition: From Seeds to Foods

10/10/2025 - 13/10/2025

The exhibition will be held at Parco di Porta Capena, located at Piazzale Numa Pompilio on Via delle Terme di Caracalla, next to FAO headquarters (Rome, Italy). The exhibition, with free entry to the public, will serve as a platform for hundreds of exhibitors from around the world to take visitors on an informative and entertaining journey of discovery along the value chains of field ...

44th Session of the European Commission on Agriculture

Hybrid Event, 02/10/2025 - 03/10/2025

The Forty-fourth Session of the European Commission on Agriculture (ECA44) will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 2 to 3 October 2025, dedicated to the topic of balancing productivity and sustainability in driving agrifood systems transformation.

Global forum for animal feed and feed regulators

02/10/2025 - 03/10/2025

The Global forum for animal feed and feed regulators, organized in collaboration with the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), will bring together national and regional feed regulatory competent authorities, representatives of FAO Members, producer organizations, the scientific community, development organizations, private sector, international finance institutions, donor ag...

WORLD RABIES DAY – 2025

Hybrid Event, 30/09/2025

On the occasion of World Rabies Day, annually celebrated on 28 September, the representative offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Environment Programme ...

FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation

29/09/2025 - 01/10/2025

The second Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will bring together FAO Members, policymakers, farmers, private companies and industry associations, civil society representatives, NGOs, researchers, and development agencies to share experiences and showcase actionable solutions for the sustainable transformation of the livestock sector – fostering change, sca...

Global Forum on Green Agriculture and 2nd Regional Science and Innovation Week for Europe and Central Asia

Hybrid Event, 09/09/2025 - 11/09/2025

The main objective is to encourage all FAO regions in greening their agrifood systems by providing a platform for the interregional sharing of knowledge and the dissemination of best practices from successful green agriculture policies and strategies

Tackling high pathogenicity avian influenza together

09/09/2025 - 11/09/2025

Join us for a pivotal global science, policy and private sector dialogue on high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), one of the most critical global challenges threatening animal health, food security, economies, biodiversity, and public health today.

20th Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade (COFI:FT)

08/09/2025 - 12/09/2025

Participants will address key issues, including emerging market trends, trade regulations, and the socioeconomic drivers that affect the sector. A highlight of the session will be the presentation of FAO’s GLOBEFISH project, a leading source of unbiased market intelligence that supports evidence-based decision-making by providing in-depth analysis of trade flows, market prices, and sector trends.

Improving nutrition through smarter fiscal policies: What is the evidence?

Hybrid Event, 04/09/2025

This seminar will examine the concept of fiscal policy  tools – a growing strategy in public health and nutrition policy that utilizes tax and subsidy structures to promote healthier dietary patterns (Thow et al., 2018). The approach focuses on reducing or eliminating subsidies that support the production and consumption of unhealthy food products, while simultaneously expanding fiscal inc...