Under the AgrInvest-Food Systems Project (AgrInvest-FS), FAO, in partnership with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), is fostering SDG-aligned investments in agri-food systems in Africa to contribute to sustainable economic grow

Leaders spoke of continued partnership at the 2021 Strategic Dialogue  

FAO’s Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF), supported by the Government of Ireland, has teamed up with the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) at University College London (UCL) to launch a series of initiatives, including a cutt

FAO's Chief Scientist presents the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Science Days to be held on 8-9 July  

Tunnel and vertical gardens are shortening supply chains, ensuring access to fresh food during the COVID-19 pandemic

Governmental representatives, the UN family, producers organizations and civil society representatives, the business community, and representatives of international development partners met in Kampala... 

QU Dongyu addressed Economic and Social Council high-level panel discussion

FAO Director-General addresses African Heads of State at Pre-UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue...

FAO and World Health Organization (WHO) are celebrating World Food Safety Day this month, recognizing the key role of Food Safety for Food Systems transformation.  The importance of Sustainable Food Systems is more widely recognized in a fast-paced and in

FAO Director-General calls for greater co-operation to fight food insecurity...

Agrifood systems are a major employer of women globally and constitute a more important source of livelihood for women than for men in many countries...

Food loss and waste reduction: how can we better integrate science and innovation in our actions?  - This will be the title of a new special event, organized in the the framework of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum, on Wednesday 19 October at 11 AM (C

COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?

FAO Director-General participates along with dozens of ministers in summit to tackle higher prices for food, fertilizer and fuel...

FAO Director-General spoke at the Third Meeting of the Central Asian Ministers of Agriculture

FAO joins Nourish Scotland, IPES-Food and other partners for the launch of the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration.

Recognizing the pivotal importance of innovation as a driving force for achieving a world free from hunger and malnutrition, the FAO Office of Innovation has awarded funding to eight exceptional proposals under its pioneering new incubation scheme, “ELEVA

FAO announces a new important partnership to improve policy-making for agrifood systems.As an important step of its work on agrifood systems transformation, FAO's division on Food Systems and Food Safety (ESF) is launching a partnership with the Institute

The Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for Prosperity, held on 25 July duing the UNFSS+2 Stocktaking Moment, focused on identifying concrete approaches that can be incorporated into policies and national pathways to drive economic prosperity in synergy w

Toronto and its city region – known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe – is the most populous area in Canada, with nine million inhabitants. As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economy, leading to spiraling unemployment, increas