Rural transformation
Call for proposals on the ‘African Agriculture Climate Adaptation Research System’ responding to existing food security challenges in the face of climate change and is geared towards increasing productivity to meet consumption demands and to limit further agricultural land expansion into natural ecosystems.
The EU Agricultural Outlook conference is the flagship annual event for broad exchanges among stakeholders on market prospects in agriculture.
The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from around the world to agree to a new set of goals for nature over the next decade through the Convention on Biological Diversity...
Call to action on coalitions for food system transformation to help nations and regions to advance the Summit’s vision of more inclusive, resilient, equitable, and sustainable food systems by 2030.
On 6 December, the FAO will host the opening ceremony of the International Year of Millets (IYM) to raise awareness around IYM and call attention to the benefits of promoting the sustainable...
Facing growing food insecurity in the world, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) and the Swedish FAO Committee hosted a seminar to discuss the challenges and opportunities to end hunger in all its forms by 2030 and to achieve food security.
The programme will cover soil nutrients, water management in agricultural soils, the threat of soil compaction to our food supply and much more.
Globally, 80% of the world's extreme poor reside in rural regions, and 76% of them engage in agriculture, primarily subsistence farming. They also heavily rely on and work with caring for the bulk...
It is once again time for Focali members, partners, and friends in our wider community to meet around current interlinked forest, climate and livelihood challenges.
The seminar will highlight, based on recent EASAC studies, how science has clearly set out the scale and urgency of the problems that need to be addressed in a number of fields, and the many...