In Brazil, FAO unveiled a series of reports and initiatives showing how sustainable agrifood systems are a solution to the climate crisis

FAO Director-General opens FAO Council in Rome with a call to action...

Designated by the UN, the Year will highlight women’s essential roles and push for global action to tackle the structural barriers they face...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development recently hosted Corinna Hawkes, Dir...

Suriname has taken a major step toward unlocking the potential of its pineapple sector with the official launch of the Collateral Support Facility...

A new FAO country brief, Policymaking for agrifood systems transformation in Mozambique, highlights how the country is advancing towards a more resilient, inclusive, and people-centered approach to agrifood systems...

The first global Seeds to Foods Exhibition will be open from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 October 2025, at Parco di Porta Capena, Rome...

A new open-access article has recently been published in Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions, co-authored by FAO colleagues of the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division.

In the latest episode of TABLE's podcast series 'Feed: a food systems podcast,' Corinna Hawkes, Director of FAO’s Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, explores what it really means to transform agrifood systems through a systems approach. 

25 August 2025 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Four years since the UN Food Systems Summit, the

As the third and final chapter of FAO’s 2025 Governance Learning Series, the session discussed how harnessing data and knowledge represents a political and institutional opportunity with far-reaching implications.

As part of an ongoing FAO Governance Learning Series, discussants highlighted why strengthening the voices of women, smallholders, Indigenous Peoples and local communities is key to sustainable agrifood systems transformation.

This case study has been produced in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger of Brazil. It is part of a larger piece of work that explores country case studies of transformations in agrifood systems, to ...

FAO’s new report on transforming agrifood systems, Transforming Food and Agriculture Through a Systems Approach, offers a practical framework for joined-up action.

Over 500 stakeholders gathered for the Uganda Agrifood Systems Investment and Financing Conference to accelerate financing for sustainable, inclusive food systems. The event marked a key step toward a national strategy aligned with Uganda's development plan, aiming to boost food security, resilience and economic growth through coordinated investment.

A new episode of the FAO’s podcast Agrifood Talks illustrates how collaboration is driving agrifood transformation in crisis-affected South Sudan.

Supporting Rwanda's Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation 

Discover more inspiring stories of transformation in the new version of “Sustainable agrifood systems in the Mediterranean - Levers for transformation”!

Over 300 in-person participants and more than 1,200 online followers from over 40 countries gathered for the 5^th Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme of the One Planet Network. Held over three days in May 2025 in Brasilia, and co-organized by FAO, the event marked a milestone in global efforts to accelerate agrifood systems transformation.