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![]() PAA Africa International Seminar: Strengthening local food systems for inclusive growth: Scaling up "Purchase from Africans for Africa" - Tuesday morning sessionThe Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) International Seminar will present African countries’ priorities on linking pro family farming [...] |
03.05.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() In accordance with a decision of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), the Cost-of-Living Division will be conducting cost-of-living surveys [...] |
29.04.2016 | 13:00 |
![]() Committee on World Food Security Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on NutritionThe objective of this meeting is to discuss and approve the revised proposal prepared by the CFS Secretariat with inputs [...] |
29.04.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Should agricultural development programs target women in order to increase productivity? This seminar reviews the extensive literature on men’s and [...] |
28.04.2016 | 10:30 |
![]() Committee on World Food Security Informal Consultation on Connecting Smallholders to MarketsThe informal consultation is an opportunity to exchange views regarding the Zero Draft of recommendations on Connecting Smallholders to Markets [...] |
28.04.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Committee on World Food Security Third OEWG on Sustainable Development GoalsAt its 42nd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the creation of an Open Ended Working Group [...] |
27.04.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The event will focus on the reciprocal relationship between soils and pulses, while also discussing how the cultivation of pulses [...] |
19.04.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing [...] |
15.04.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() The meeting will provide an update on the Syria crisis as well as on the impact of El Niño with [...] |
13.04.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The VGGT Task Force Meeting will mark the fourth year since CFS’s endorsement of the VGGT (Voluntary Guidelines on the [...] |
08.04.2016 | 16:00 |
![]() Sea containers may carry interior and exterior contamination. With international trade expanding, the threat of pests of plants, including invasive [...] |
07.04.2016 | 15:00 |
![]() Different innovative technologies for detecting pests will be presented during this session, including the use of trained dogs. The Kansas State [...] |
07.04.2016 | 13:00 |
![]() The Online Commenting System (OCS) has been used by IPPC Contracting Parties to gather, submit and compile comments on the [...] |
06.04.2016 | 18:30 |
![]() Various web interfaces and applications to support the usage, sharing, and capturing of identification-related pest information will be highlighted during [...] |
06.04.2016 | 13:00 |
![]() Invasive ants are well known globally for their severe environmental, social and economic impact. The issue of invasive ants is [...] |
05.04.2016 | 18:30 |
![]() In 2013 a new strain of X. fastidiosa sub. pauca was found in the South of Italy - a first [...] |
04.04.2016 | 17:30 |
![]() The governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) - the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) - meets in [...] |
04.04.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO, will open a special event at FAO Headquarters celebrating the 2016 International Day [...] |
21.03.2016 | 12:00 |
![]() Jointly organized by the FAO, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – and [...] |
17.03.2016 | 13:30 |
![]() Jointly organized by the FAO, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – and [...] |
17.03.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Dgroups, is a partnership of international development organisations working together towards a common vision: A world where every person is [...] |
10.03.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() In Guatemala, Senegal and Uganda, FAO is implementing an “Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural youth employment” (May [...] |
03.03.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Reporting of outcomes from the three parallel sessions dedicated to the Climate change theme, by Olivier Le Gall, Institut National [...] |
17.02.2016 | 12:30 |
![]() Chair: Olivier le Gall, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France Co-chair: Chittaranjan Kole, Jacob School of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Chair: Maggie Gill, CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council, Rome, Italy Introductory remarks: Maggie Gill Our food, our diet, our health: Where do [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Chair: Kongming Wu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Introductory remarks: Kongming Wu Biosciences capacity building in Africa: Lessons learned from [...] |
17.02.2016 | 09:00 |
![]() Organizers: Governments of Canada and the United States of America Facilitator: Frédéric Seppey, Chief Agriculture Negotiator, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Speakers: Veronica McGuire, [...] |
16.02.2016 | 17:45 |
![]() Participating universities include:•American University of Beirut, Lebanon•Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia•Cornell University, the United States of America•Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia•Università [...] |
16.02.2016 | 17:30 |
![]() The high-level segment will be organized in two sessions and is expected to follow this format: Session 1 (14.30-15.50) 14.30-14.40: Opening [...] |
16.02.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() Organizer: Canadian Canola Growers AssociationCo-organizer: Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) Moderator: Thiago Masson, CNA, Brazil Speakers: Edwin Paraluman, Rice and corn farmer, Mindanao, The [...] |
16.02.2016 | 13:15 |
![]() Organizer: Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands Moderator: Gerda Verburg (Permanent Representative of the Netherlands) Speakers: Rene Smulders (Business Unit Manager, [...] |
16.02.2016 | 13:15 |
![]() Chair: Shadrack Moephuli, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South AfricaCo-chair: Thuy Nguyen, BioSciences Research Division, Melbourne, Australia Introductory remarks: Thuy Nguyen Fish breeding for [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair sub-session 1: Sergio Feingold, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChair sub-session 2: Delia Grace, International Livestock Research [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair: Vimlendra Sharan, Embassy of India, Rome, ItalyIntroductory remarks: Vimlendra Sharan The role of intellectual property rights in enabling or impeding [...] |
16.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() Chair: Chittaranjan Kole, Jacob School of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Allahabad, IndiaIntroductory remarks: Chittaranjan Kole Developing rice varieties with enhanced adaptation to lowland [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Chair: Sergio Feingold, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCo-chair: Thuy Nguyen, BioSciences Research Division, Melbourne, Australia Introductory remarks: Thuy Nguyen Resource [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Chair: Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi, IndiaCo-chair: Eduardo Trigo, Ministry of Science, Technology and [...] |
15.02.2016 | 14:00 |
![]() Organizers: Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International; DuPont Pioneer and The Global Harvest Initiative.Moderator: Margaret M. Zeigler, Executive Director, Global Harvest [...] |
15.02.2016 | 12:45 |
![]() Organizers: (1) CropLife International, Belgium and (2) the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University, United States of America Moderator: [...] |
15.02.2016 | 12:45 |
![]() Welcome Address, by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO, Rome, Italy Keynote Addresses: • The state of knowledge in biotechnology, by Louise Fresco, [...] |
15.02.2016 | 09:30 |
![]() The Director-General will address staff in the Plenary Hall on Thursday, 11 February. On this occasion, he will present engraved silver [...] |
11.02.2016 | 11:00 |
![]() The meeting will host Mr Toby Lanzer, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, who will provide [...] |
02.02.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() The changing climate that confronts food production can have a significant effect on crop losses due to pest and diseases. An [...] |
27.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() Livestock diversity underpins the provision of livestock products and services and serves as a basis for adapting livestock management to [...] |
27.01.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() “All you need to know about vaccinations for you and your family” The expert speakers are Dr.Ippolito, infectious disease specialist [...] |
25.01.2016 | 12:00 |
![]() At its 42nd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the creation of an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) [...] |
21.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The Annual Assembly itself underwent a re-definition from a 'physical' to both a physical and a 'virtual' event: While the [...] |
20.01.2016 | 16:00 |
![]() FAO's new book, "Save and Grow in practice: maize, rice, wheat. A guide to sustainable cereal production", describes a sustainable, [...] |
19.01.2016 | 10:00 |
![]() The objective of this first meeting will be to review the proposals prepared by the CFS Secretariat with inputs from [...] |
14.01.2016 | 14:30 |
![]() The purposes of these consultations are to reflect on GACSA’s inception year aimed at identifying areas of major/strategic advancements, weakness [...] |
13.01.2016 | 14:00 |