Events
FAO at UNCCD COP15, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 9-20 May 2022
09/05/2022 - 20/05/2022
09/05/2022 - 20/05/2022
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...
FAO and the World Food Forum Launch Young Scientists Group
09/05/2022 - 09/05/2022
09/05/2022 - 09/05/2022
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,...
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Nutrition and Food Systems Learn about the pathways to sustainable and healthy diets
06/05/2022 - 06/05/2022
06/05/2022 - 06/05/2022
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...
STI Forum Side Event "Digitalization to Achieve the SDGs: Promoting effective and coherent UN support through mapping and country level initiatives"
05/05/2022 - 05/05/2022
05/05/2022 - 05/05/2022
The FAO/WHO Global Individual Food consumption data Tool (FAO/WHO GIFT) has been selected following a Mapping of Digital-Related Initiatives Across the UN System, where 489 inputs from 39 UN entities were received. To highlight the outcomes and initiatives of the mapping, the Office of Secretary General's Envoy on Technology and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs are organizing...
"Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture", Lecture within the framework of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry
05/05/2022 - 05/05/2022
05/05/2022 - 05/05/2022
Organised by FAO and the University of Buenos Aires in the framework of the Diploma in sustainability in the food industry, the seminar will cover the topic "Measuring and monitoring sustainable agriculture".
The virtual lecture with Arbab Asfandiyar Khan, co-coordinator of SDG indicator 2.4.1, FAO Statistics Division, will be held in English with simultaneous...