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Global AgriInno Challenge 2025 Launches to Empower Youth Innovation in Digital Agriculture
08/05/2025
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Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
29/04/2025

AgriTech Observatory recognized as Digital Public Good and surpassing 500 initiatives
24/04/2025

Engaging Young Minds in Shaping the Future of Agrifood Systems: The Junior Innovation Policy Labs in Action
17/04/2025

Promoting sustainable agrifood systems in Sierra Leone through behavioural science
16/04/2025

FAO, IFAD and WFP join forces to celebrate International Women's Day 2025
06/03/2025

FAO unveils updated methodology for tracking the sustainability of fisheries
25/02/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today revealed the details of a major update to the methodology of the State of Stocks Index (SoSI) at the Honiara Summit in Solomon Islands (24-27 February).
This marked a significant step forward in tracking and managing fisheries more efficiently, supporting global efforts to promote effective management of the ocean and its resources.

Call for Case Studies: Digital Tools for Genetic Diversity of Pollinators
13/02/2025
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New UN report offers insights into how geospatial technology can advance the global food security agenda
07/02/2025

Artificial Intelligence for Food Safety Management, now available on FAO YouTube
31/01/2025
FAO hosted a technical seminar on “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for food safety” on 6 November 2024, with over 1000 attendees both online and in-person. The video recording of the event, held in FAO HQ, is now available on FAO YouTube channels.

Nitrogen use efficiency must be improved to reduce harm to human and environmental health
20/01/2025

Innovative solutions funded in three countries to boost Sustainable Mechanization in Farmer Field Schools
16/01/2025

New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
14/01/2025

FAO Director-General visits China, reaffirming the importance of partnerships on Science and Innovation
08/01/2025

FAO in Review: Uplifting humanity through science and innovation
09/12/2024
FAO has been strengthening the link between science, research, and development by advancing practical tools and policy guidance designed to make a real difference on the ground.
Conflicts, climate crisis, economic strife, and a growing global population are all placing enormous pressure on our agrifood systems, which urgently need to be transformed to ensure they are more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable.
In this regard, science and innovation provide the solutions to address these challenges.

Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
02/12/2024

Helping produce more with less: FAO and IAEA mark 60-year partnership
27/11/2024
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today celebrated the 60-year partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by underscoring the remarkable advancements achieved by this unique collaboration within the UN syst...
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Helping produce more with less: FAO and IAEA mark 60-year partnership
27/11/2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo: FAO urges greater focus on humanitarian needs of vulnerable populations and implementation of at-scale programming to strengthen resilience against recurrent shocks
26/11/2024
