Agrifood Systems

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21/06/2024
The parties review the progress made across five strategic areas for cooperation... 
10/06/2024
On June 4, the event "Green Cities and Urban Agrifood Systems" held in Santiago addressed the work led by the FAO to provide assistance to various initiatives at the local and territorial levels in Latin America...In the framework of World Environment Day
07/06/2024
World Food Safety Day has arrived, this year under the theme “food safety: prepare for the unexpected”!
27/05/2024
The collaboration seeks to harness the collective expertise and experiences of Amman and Milan in addressing food loss and waste, as key entry point for promoting sustainable transformation of urban agrifood systems...
17/05/2024
Director-General QU Dongyu spoke at the Business Federation of the G7 in Rome...
09/05/2024
From 9 to 12 April 2024, the picturesque city of Leuven, Belgium, hosted the 5th Global Food Security Conference, themed "Towards Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Food Systems." This vital gathering brought together experts, policymakers, and industr
02/05/2024
The transformation towards more sustainable agrifood systems calls for innovative policy and institutional coordination mechanisms. In this context, the exchange of experiences among countries becomes essential.A new brief entitled Policymaking for agrifo
30/04/2024
LOGin is a feature interview series regularly organized by the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG). Through LOGin, we meet with FAO’s leadership and discuss how FAO is supporting its members in transforming agrifood systems. In this edition, we met with Co
25/04/2024
RENOFARM, or Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation already piloted in Indonesia, Uganda and Nigeria...
11/04/2024
Discover the innovative approaches countries are taking to transform agrifood systems. This article presents concrete experiences being implemented through multi-stakeholder governance, from data-driven strategies to inclusive decision-making processes.
25/03/2024
FAO and the international NGO Rikolto seal a new strategic partnership to advance sustainable and resilient urban agrifood systems Through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), FAO and Rikolto officialise a partnership to expand collaboration towards t
18/03/2024
The SFS-MED Platform is organizing the seventh technical webinar of a series about the levers for food systems transformation. In this interactive webinar, representatives from governments, businesses, researchers, international organizations and civil so
14/03/2024
How can FAO better support countries in addressing governance of agrifood systems transformation?
05/03/2024
A new episode of the FAO's podcast series Towards sustainable agrifood systems illustrates Uganda's efforts to enhance the sustainability of its agrifood system. The episode sheds light on recent developments in Uganda's agrifood institutional and policy
01/03/2024
FAO Deputy Director-General Semedo joins the United Nations Environment Assembly and Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting
21/02/2024
How to transform agrifood systems and act as global agent of change the key focus
15/01/2024
Suriname is a small island developing state on the Northeast Coast of South America, with 95% of its land covered by forest. Most of its population is concentrated in the coastal areas, with the interior regions still underdeveloped and suffering from pov
11/12/2023
The roadmap envisions transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink...
01/12/2023
In World Climate Action Summit address, QU Dongyu asserted that new FAO 1.5 °C Roadmap and Emirates declaration are key to climate action and achieving all SDGs...
28/11/2023
Exploring catalytic levers, inspiring stories and common solutions for transformation Today, on the occasion of the Day of the Mediterranean 2023, the SFS-MED Platform proudly launches the interactive tool “Sustainable agrifood systems in the Mediterranea