Rural transformation

The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition is pleased to announce that the hybrid event for the launch of its 17th report "Data collection and analysis tools for food security...

Discover how value-chain actors can support and be supported in promoting sustainable food systems.

When it comes to agriculture, the role of ruminant livestock (e.g., cattle, sheep, and goats) in sequestering CO2 through grazing on the one hand, and in contributing to GHG emissions and other...

Learn the main highlights from the 32nd SuSanA meeting on the value of human excreta and wastewater as fertiliser for improving soil quality and crop productivity.

The Food Systems in Small Islands and Developing States network gathers academics and professionals with the common goal of improving the resilience and adaptability of food systems in small...

Transforming food systems is the theme of the 2022 conference of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (EURSAFE), organised jointly by the School of Social and Political...

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to human health and livestock health, welfare and productivity. Refinement and reduction of antimicrobial use are key measures to curb...

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), a subsidiary body of the FAO Council, was established by the FAO Conference in 1965. It is the only global inter-governmental forum where FAO Members meet to...

Economic and political decisions have predominantly prioritised certain values of nature, particularly market-based instrumental values of nature. Hence, the report helps policymakers better understand the very different ways in which people conceive and value nature and shows that various pathways can contribute to achieve just and sustainable futures.

The theme of the 2022 World Water Week is: Seeing the unseen: The value of water.  Many of the world’s most urgent water challenges are invisible to the naked eye: the availability and state...