On Wednesday 29 July 2020, FAO hosted the Online Event Urban Food Systems and COVID-19 – Key Results from an FAO Global Survey. About 350 attendees worldwide participated in this FAO global webinar which presented the results of a global survey of municipal responses to the COVID-19 emergency through interventions...

On Wednesday 29 July 2020, FAO hosts the Online Event Urban Food Systems and COVID-19 – Key Results from an FAO Global Survey. Why a Global Survey?As part of the FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda and to better understand how cities and local governments faced the challenges of food systems disruptions associated with COVID-19, FAO...

FAO is working with partners in Southern Africa to boost the adoption of conservation agriculture As part of the inaugural African city food month campaign, and in line with one of this week’s theme’s – resilience – we took the chance to speak to Collins Nkatiko, CEO of the

From 1 to 31 July FAO is organising the first African CITYFOOD month campaign in collaboration with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Africa and with the support of RUAF Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems. Today, more than 472 million people live in African cities...

COVID-19 is creating significant food security and nutrition challenges that cities worldwide need to respond to and that go beyond the health emergency. FAO recently set up a survey targeting municipalities worldwide and that received responses from over 800 cities in 76 countries.