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EU-FAO leverage partnership towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems
21/06/2024
The parties review the progress made across five strategic areas for cooperation... 
Latin America promotes green and sustainable city initiatives
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
It’s here! Happy World Food Safety Day!
07/06/2024
World Food Safety Day has arrived, this year under the theme “food safety: prepare for the unexpected”!
FAO facilitates learning initiative between Amman & Milano Municipalities to address food loss and waste
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...
FAO highlights the potential of AI and the digital revolution to transform the world's agrifood systems
17/05/2024
Director-General QU Dongyu spoke at the Business Federation of the G7 in Rome...
FAO participates in the transformative 5th Global Food Security Conference
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
Policymaking for agrifood systems transformation in Zambia
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
LOGin: Interview with Corinna Hawkes, Director of the FAO Division of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety on FAO’s work on urban agrifood systems
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
FAO launches global 10-year initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
25/04/2024
RENOFARM, or Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation already piloted in Indonesia, Uganda and Nigeria...
Inter-country learning dialogue on multistakeholder governance for agrifood systems transformation
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.
FAO and Rikolto Join Forces to Foster Sustainable Urban Agrifood Systems
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
Blue Transformation: strategies and actions for sustainable agrifood systems in the Mediterranean
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
Extended Call for submission: How can we achieve more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient agrifood systems?
14/03/2024
How can FAO better support countries in addressing governance of agrifood systems transformation?
Uganda’s Journey towards Sustainable Agrifood Systems
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
Agrifood systems transformation holds the key to our environmental challenges
01/03/2024
FAO Deputy Director-General Semedo joins the United Nations Environment Assembly and Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting
How to transform Agrifood Systems: 37th Session of FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific officially opens
21/02/2024
How to transform agrifood systems and act as global agent of change the key focus
Transforming Suriname’s Pineapple Industry: UN-Led Initiative Targets Sustainable Growth
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
COP28: FAO launches global roadmap process to eradicate hunger within 1.5°C limits
11/12/2023
The roadmap envisions transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink...
COP28: Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, FAO Director-General tells world leaders
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...
A digital journey into Mediterranean agrifood systems
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