Series: Challenges and opportunities of the One Health approach, from the agri-food system

FAO promotes the application of the One Health approach as part of the transformation of the agri-food system for the benefit of human, animal, plant and environmental health

Virtual Event, 02/10/2025

Live broadcast

About the webinar

This meeting seeks to highlight and strengthen the gender approach as an essential pillar for the transformation of agri-food systems, recognizing that inequalities directly affect the capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to threats impacting human, animal, and environmental health.

Good practices from the region will be reviewed, demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating this approach in addressing the socio-productive challenges of agri-food systems.

The session will emphasize the challenges and opportunities for the empowerment of rural women, as well as the development of programs that address these issues through the One Health approach. The activity will include interactive participation using digital tools and a dialogue space with panelists to further explore challenges, opportunities, and solutions.

The event will feature presentations by renowned experts and will be moderated by Catalina Ivanovic, FAO Specialist on Rural Women Empowerment for Latin America and the Caribbean.

About the series

FAO promotes the application of the "One Health" approach as part of the transformation of the agrifood system in favor of the health of people, animals, plants and the environment. This translates into a variety of actors and work related to sustainable agriculture, animal, plant, forest and aquaculture health, food safety, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nutrition and livelihoods.

Ensuring the "One Health" approach is essential to make progress in predicting, preventing, detecting and responding to diseases that spread between animals and humans, including Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and food safety, along with managing environmental determinants of risks to human and animal health, within a set of linked challenges in disease causation. The adoption of the "One Health" approach is also fundamental to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

During the 2024-2025 biennium, a series of webinars will be held to promote this integrative approach to a systemic approach to the health of people, animals, plants and the environment.