From May to September 2022, FAO is organizing a series of virtual training workshops on SDG indicator 2.4.1 “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture” for which FAO is the custodian agency. The goal is to provide government officials responsible for monitoring the indicator capacity development on the methodology, data collection...

The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will hold an open virtual meeting entitled "Data, COVID-19 and the SDGs" on Wednesday, 15 June 2022 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders. Please use...

Access to sufficient amounts of safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic in nature and often invisible to the plain eye, caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water. Food safety has...

FAO and the Bureau of Statistics of Guyana are collaborating to collect, analyse and disseminate data on the prevalence of food insecurity in Guyana. This will be done at the individual and household levels, utilising the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) methodology, which will be incorporated into the Bureau’s Labour...

Fish are an important commodity for the achievement of food security. However, efforts by the international community to ensure the sustainability of fisheries are compromised by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities. To address this issue, the UN General Assembly declared 5 June as the “International Day for the Fight Against...