The "Virtual Seminar Series for UNCT Data Officers and Economists" was offered jointly by the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) and the Regional Collaborative Platform Working Groups on Data and Statistics, in collaboration with FAO. This tailored training package offered UNCT Data Officers and Economists the opportunity to develop their knowledge and...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture aim to promote the conservation and sustainable use of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity,...

From 9 to 20 May 2022, Côte d'Ivoire will host the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Abidjan. The theme of this year's UNCCD COP is "Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity", a call to...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum (WFF) have launched the WFF’s first-ever cohort of the Young Scientists Group  and called for applications to the second edition of the WFF Transformative Research Challenge.  The initiatives were presented at a side event at the multi-stakeholder Forum on Science,...

This MOOC addresses the necessary linkages within food systems and the importance of adopting a multi-sectoral approach to nutrition-sensitive interventions. This MOOC was designed and developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agreenium (Institut Agro Montpellier et Cirad), and funded by the German Federal Ministry...