FAO partners with Fertitecnica Colfiorito for the 5th anniversary of the Social Hackathon Umbria (SHU), a unique digital co-creation event focused on the 17 UN SDGs. #SHU2021 foresees 4 days of hackathon, workshops, exhibitions and laboratories, from 1 to 4 July, in the Colfiorito Natural Park, a protected natural area and illustrative example of numerous sustainable development practices of...

Organized by the University of Buenos Aires within the framework of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry, this lecture will discuss "Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture". 

We are pleased to announce two FAO Special Sessions in the framework of the upcoming International Water Resources Association (IWRA)’s Online Conference on “One Water, One Health: Water, Food and Public Health in a Changing World” organized by IWRA in collaboration with FAO from 7 to 9 June 2021: “Bugs &...

With an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human health and economies, disproportionally affecting vulnerable and marginalized people, especially women and children, populations affected by conflict, and migrants. An estimated 420 000 people around the world die every year after eating contaminated...

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities are responsible for the loss of 11–26 million tonnes of fish each year, which is estimated to have an economic value of US$10–23 billion. To curtail this impact, Target 4 of Goal 14 of the Sustainable Development Agenda adopted in 2015...