Rural transformation
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945 and celebrates its 70 years anniversary today at the World Food Day 2015. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are leading the celebration.
As part of its 80th Anniversary celebrations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pleased to invite you to the FAO Global Agrifood Biotechnologies Conference...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing its first-ever Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines from 23 to 25 September...
Dialogue on innovations and pathways to efficiently produce more nutritious, safe and accessible animal source foods with a reduced environmental footprint
Win a trip to the 3rd European Forest Week in Engelberg, Switzerland!
Agrifood systems transformation - Policies and practices to support healthy diets and development outcomes across the SDGs
Agriculture is one of the main emitters of greenhouse gases globally. However, as sources differ from country to country, calculating emissions on a national level can be tricky. At the same time knowing the sources and the amount of the exhaust of the green house gases is a crucial step for formulating sound climate mitigation and adaptation policies.
A new World Soil Charter has been endorsed by FAO member countries during the 29th FAO Conference, which took place on June 6-13 in Rome, Italy. The new charter replaces the first World Soil Charter, which was formulated and adopted by the FAO in 1981. The adoption of the new charter also coincides with 2015 being the International Year of Soils (IYS).
Promoting discussions on specific and concrete actions to harness science and innovation on climate action for agrifood systems transformation.
The third edition of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024) will be organized from 14 to 18 October 2024 under the umbrella of the World Food Forum (WFF), together with the Global Youth...