Africa regional event for the FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2024

The regional event – “Frugal and Inclusive: Community-led Nature-driven Innovation for Greening Agrifood Systems” – was part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Science and Innovation Forum 2024, with its focus on “Inclusive and Community-Driven Innovations” aimed at transforming agrifood systems while leaving no one behind.

This October, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (Joint FAO/IAEA Centre) celebrates a milestone – its 60th anniversary. 

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today opened its first-ever Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines, aimed at tackling animal diseases costing the world hundreds of billions of dollars annually and posing a threat to human health, global food security and livelihoods.

New York – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed the adoption of the Pact for the Future, an agreement among UN member states designed to turbo-charge the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

NEW YORK - Taking climate action through agrifood systems presents a unique opportunity to address all at once multiple global and local challenges, making it imperative that actors around the world exchange their experiences and information to foster a world with better solutions for hunger and human resilience.

“By bringing science and innovation to the forefront, this new network will help countries maximize the value of their unique agricultural products,” said Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific.

Yerevan - The Director-General emphasized the importance of science, innovation and digital technologies in transforming agrifood systems and addressing the complexities of modern agriculture.

Pekanbaru, Indonesia - The Director-General emphasized the importance of leveraging digitalization and advanced technologies to enhance sustainable agricultural practices. A key aspect of this approach involves the establishment of comprehensive databases generated from extensive...

Dili -The Director-General noted that the Centre had a “big opportunity to go digital and make its good work on conservation known to a wider range of audience,” adding that the country’s youth had great potential to use digitalization for mobilizing additional resources. He...

Molondin, Switzerland - Director-General QU Dongyu has signed, on behalf of FAO, a Letter of Intent with the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV) to promote innovation and safeguard global agrifood systems for the future. 

In the race to make progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, science and innovation have emerged as key tools to accelerate the transformation of agrifood systems.  

Science and innovation have always been a part of FAO’s work, but the Organization has been step...

Rome - Climate change is increasing the susceptibility of the world's forests to stressors such as wildfires and pests, according to a new flagship publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that emphasizes the role of innovation in achieving a sustainab...

The FAO-IFAD Joint Secretariat of the UN Decade of Family Farming is launching a video contest with the title of ‘Innovations for and by family farmers’ in the context of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) (UNDFF). Selected videos will be displayed as part of an exhibition organized during the Global Family Farming Forum held on 15-17 October 2024 in Rome during the week of the World Food Forum.

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and La Sapienza University of Rome  have further consolidated their research collaboration in the field of sustainable ag...

In 2023, FAO launched a process to take stock of recent innovations in FFS and to brainstorm on priorities for action, laying the foundations for upgrading FFS to fit emerging challenges. This process is aiming at setting collectively some global directions for the Future of FFS, involving key FFS stakeholders around the world.  

Vienna – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has stressed the need to control food safety from the start – from our soil, water, agricultural and post-harvest practices – underscoring the crucial role that nuclear technologies can play in setting science-based food standards.

Geneva – The United Nations has a key catalytic role to play in leveraging the power of digital technologies, which is of utter importance particularly in rural areas, for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu said today. He addressed a High-Level United Nations Dialogue on the Progress and Future of Digital Cooperation.

This call is being organized by the FAO’s Office of Innovation (OIN) in the context of engaging various stakeholders to deepen an understanding of the potential pathways of the agrifood system transformation at regional level.

Earlier this month, the 22nd Meeting of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre Steering Committee took place at IAEA headquarters in Vienna under the leadership of IAEA Deputy Director-General. Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Najat Mokhtar, FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo and FAO Assistant Director-General Beth Crawford.