Explore the journey of food

Every journey begins with something small: a seed, a seedling, a fingerling – new life. From these beginnings grows an incredible diversity of foods.

The exhibition is designed as a journey that takes visitors from seeds to foods, illustrating how agrifood systems function in practice. Moving across the different spaces, visitors will experience how inputs, production systems, processing, markets and consumption are connected, and how innovation and knowledge shape each step along the way.

Across various pavilions and interactive experiences, visitors can explore diversity of seeds, food items, technologies, live demonstrations and food preparations from around the world, making this journey tangible, engaging and easy to understand.

 

Discover the thematic areas

The exhibition's largest pavilion is organized around five thematic pillars — Crops, Animals, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Forestry, and Land & Water — showcasing FAO's work across agrifood systems. Visitors will follow the journey from seeds and other starting points of food production, through innovations and technologies, to the foods and final products.

Across immersive displays and interactive exhibits, the pavilion highlights how science, innovation and best practices transform seeds to foods. The public will discover how a wide range of products derived from agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry come to life, from seeds to foods.

The Main stage will serve as the central hub for live programming, combining entertainment, cultural expression and knowledge-sharing. The programme will include talks and cultural performances. The space will also host the official Opening Ceremony. A dedicated Kids area will provide interactive educational and learning experiences for children and school groups.

Six regional pavilions — Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Near East and North Africa, and North America — reflect the rich diversity of global agrifood systems.

In addition to product displays, each pavilion will include food-tasting experiences, allowing visitors to discover and sample unique cuisines associated with the showcased products and production systems.

With a rotating programme of chefs from around the world, the Food area brings together cooking shows, educational activities and hands-on activities focused on foods, ingredients, nutrition literacy and culinary traditions. Here, visitors will be able to taste final food products derived from crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry.

The area will show the diversity and cultural significance of food, offering visitors an opportunity to explore how food reflects identity, traditions and connections across regions and communities.


2025 edition report

2025 edition report

Discover the highlights of the First FAO Global Exhibition From Seeds to Foods and appreciate how science, innovation and knowledge are transforming agrifood systems worldwide. 

Read the full report on the 2025 edition.

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High-level Opening Ceremony

10 October 2025

First Day

10 October 2025

Second Day

11 October 2025

Third Day

12 October 2025

Forth day

13 October 2025

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