The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) played a central role at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2026, held in Santiago, Chile, from 13 to 16 April. Organized under the auspices of the Economic Commission for La...

A new FAO publication, Turning purpose into impact for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals – Achievements, lessons learned and recommendations from the FAO SDG Agrifood Accelerator Programme, shows how small, purpose-driven agrifood enterprises can drive meaningful change across local agrifood systems to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The event underpinned the importance of placing food at the center of the food–water–energy–health nexus.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new publication, Agrifood systems transformation across the 2025 Voluntary National Reviews – Country perspectives and reported actions, offering timely insights into how countries are advancing sustainable development through agrifood systems.

Coffee Connect Centre, a Rwandan youth-led start-up transforming the coffee sector through innovation and inclusion, has been named one of the winners of the Imali Agribusiness Challenge. This recognition marks a major milestone for the enterprise, whose growth and strategic direction has been strengthened through its participation in the FAO HASTEN programme.