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FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2025

Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future

The Forum serves as a dynamic platform to drive collaboration, knowledge exchange, and transformative action for sustainable agrifood systems. Each year, it explores how frontier knowledge, traditional wisdom, and bold partnerships can forge new pathways. 

Mon 13 October 2025, 2.00 pm - Fri 17 October 2025, 4.00 pm

FAO HQs, Rome, Italy and Online

The FAO Chief Scientist's video is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish

In 2025, the Forum will emphasize the critical role of science, innovation, and partnerships in shaping a more resilient and equitable food future. Through high-level plenary discussions, immersive experiences, interactive pitch events, and hands-on hackathons, the Forum will create synergies across disciplines and initiatives, connecting science, innovation, and partners across sectors and regions to accelerate agrifood systems transformation. 

What kind of future do we want, and what new forms of cooperation and paradigms in science and innovation do we need to get there? 

Video
Vincent Martin, FAO Innovation Office Director, invites you to the 2025 Science & Innovation Forum
05/08/2025

Video
FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2024 curtain raiser
16/10/2024

Regional events
SIF Regional Event
Science and Innovation Driving Food Safety – From Vision to Network

This one-day hybrid event will launch the Regional Food Safety Research and Innovation Network, presenting its vision, mission, and governance.

Virtual
02 October
11.00 - 14.00 Cairo time

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

Policy and Actions Towards the Pact for the Future
9-11 September
Hybrid event in Budapest

Register now: Click here

FAO Science and Innovation Strategy: Country-level Implementation Training Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to deliberate and design a roadmap for the effective implementation and mainstreaming of the national Science and Innovation Strategy.

Date: 1-3 September 2025
Venue: The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok

SIF Regional Event
Evento Regional del Foro de Ciencia e Innovación 2025 de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe

Talento fugado rural: Jóvenes profesionales que sueñan con volver.

Watch the registration of the event here

Podcasts
Podcast
Young Scientists, Big Solutions

In this episode, we delve into the dynamic intersection of science, innovation and youth leadership as catalysts for building resilient, inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems. Joining us are Beth Crawford, FAO’s ADG and Chief Scientist a.i. and Vincent Martin, Director of FAO’s Office of Innovation, along with the Young Scientists Ana Maria Bertolini and Nicolas Gholam.

News

The Cost of Less: Why the psychology of scarcity matters for agrifood systems transformation
20/11/2025
During the 2025 Science and Innovation Forum, the FAO Nudge Unit hosted a dynamic session entitled “The Cost of Less: Interactive Workshop on Scarcity, Decision-Making, and Food Security”. Katie Taft, Communications and Engagement Lead at Gates Ag One, opened the session with a reflection on the importance of mindsets in the adoption of innovations. Building on this theme, over 50 participants then engaged in a series of live experiments to illustrate how experiences of scarcity and abundance shape choices and behaviours. 
WFF 2025: FAO Director-General opens Science and Innovation Forum
14/10/2025
Event calls for a paradigm shift in how science, innovation and partnerships can transform agrifood systems
Homegrown innovation leads Africa’s agrifood transformation
11/07/2025
African-led science and innovation are at the heart of efforts to transform agrifood systems across the continent. That was the central message of a dedicated side event held during the Regional Policy Dialogue on Strengthening South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in Africa, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and hosted by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.
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