
Europe and Central Asia discuss solutions to promote sustainable agri-food systems
02/11/2020
FAO’s Regional Conference for Europe kicks off hosted virtually by Uzbekistan

Food safety is an outcome of an agrifood system
07/03/2023
“As we transform agrifood systems, food safety is one of the things we have to get right,” says FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division Director Corinna Hawkes in a video message recorded in early March to invite participation in World Food Safety Day t

The Transformation We Need
18/04/2023
24 - 27 April | "The Transformation We Need", 4th global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme.FOLLOW THE LIVESTREAM HEREWhy are our food systems unsustainable? How should we transform them? And finally, how can we emerge from global crises

Costa Rica – making strides in policymaking to transform agrifood systems
04/07/2024
Costa Rica is making significant strides in formulating and implementing public policies that contribute to the sustainable transformation of its agrifood systems. A new brief, "Policymaking for Agrifood Systems Transformation in Costa Rica", developed by

Promoting Food Systems Transformation in the Mediterranean towards 2030
15/01/2021
FAO, CIHEAM and UfM join forces to boost progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda across the Mediterranean, ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit

FAO at the AGRF Summit 2022
31/08/2022
African leaders meet in Kigali to discuss bold actions for resilient agrifood systems...

Something to crow about in the Comoros
26/09/2019
Catalyzing change across small island developing states

Cities work to ensure urban access to food in times of COVID-19
01/06/2020
COVID-19 is creating significant food security and nutrition challenges that cities worldwide need to respond to and that go beyond the health emergency. FAO recently set up a survey targeting municipalities worldwide and that received responses from over
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Multistakeholder Guide Underscores Crucial Role for Collaboration in A Food Systems Approach
10/05/2023
Three United Nations Agencies, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environmental Programmed (UNEP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held an engaging side event, on their upcoming Guide to Multi

SFS-MED Webinar 4 - Consumers and Mediterranean diet: towards food systems transformation
16/01/2023
On Thursday 26 January 2023 at 9.30 AM (CET), FAO is co-hosting the SFS-MED Webinar 4: Consumers and Mediterranean diet: towards food systems transformation.The webinar is organized under the framework of the SFS-MED platform, and it will bring together s

Transforming urban food systems during COVID-19: Key Insights from 29th July FAO Global Webinar
28/08/2020
On 29 July 2020, FAO hosted the Event Urban Food Systems and COVID-19 – Key Results from an FAO Global Survey.

Albania, Jordan, and Morocco: FAO project to accelerate food systems transformation pathways
26/01/2023
Support from Italy enables multi-stakeholder approaches to sustainable food systems in the MediterraneanAmman/Rabat/Rome/Tirana – Food systems stakeholders in Albania, Jordan, and Morocco have gotten a boost from a project funded by the Ministry of Foreig

New FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative to maximize partnerships for greater impacts
26/09/2019
FAO urges Member States’ support to accelerate hunger- and poverty-fighting efforts

Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
20/01/2023
FAO hosts panel discussion at Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin

Fresh kick-off for agri-food systems transformation
25/11/2020
Global Female Voices join FAO in the need for solidarity and urgent action

INTERVIEW: Food systems contribute to solving ‘world's most important challenges’
24/07/2023
Director of the FAO Division of Food Systems and Food Safety Corinna Hawkes says a holistic and sustainable approach is needed to ensure nutritious food and sustainable livelihoods for all...

COP27: FAO highlighted the importance of transforming agrifood systems as part of the solution to the climate crisis
28/11/2022
Interview with Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director of FAO’s Climate and Environment division...

FAO and the EU highlight the vital role of biodiversity in building sustainable food systems
24/06/2020
Preserving our planet's natural resources while ensuring food security and healthy diets for all...

Acting together: City, subnational and national governments reshaping agrifood systems
28/07/2023
Global challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition - driven by climate, biodiversity and socio-economic crises and conflicts - require urgent and collective action and coordination among multiple actors, including city, subnational, and national govern

Mediterranean region: FAO and Italy to cooperate on concrete programme to support countries in need
03/12/2022
Director-General tells 2nd Ministerial Mediterranean Dialogue that special credit line will help boost resilience...