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At the World Food Forum, FAO explores what it will take to make agriculture a future worth choosing for young people across Europe and Central Asia.

WFF reaches record global audience under the theme "Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow."

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu also inaugurates Global Youth Forum as week-long programme gets underway.

The 37th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI37) wrapped up after five days of discussion about the state of fisheries and aquaculture and priorities for the future.

Young people in SIDS bring their own policy recommendations to the table.

QU Dongyu, Director-General of FAO called for a systemic and inclusive approach to securing a sustainable future for the next generation of farmers and rural communities.

At the FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) 30, discussions under Item 9 brought renewed focus to the people driving agrifood systems from the ground up: women, youth and – at the centre – family farmers.

The European Union-funded Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa (PLACE) Programme is helping to nurture a new generation of peacebuilders.

“Youth and women are not only beneficiaries of transformation, they are the engines of change,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today in remarks at the first-ever meeting of the World Food Forum Africa.

FAO announced three initiatives to help enterprising youth in the field of One Health, and outlined the three pillars undergirding the integrated approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems.