FAO – Announcing the theme of the first International Day of Potato
May 29, 2024Why an International Day of Potato? On 30 May, we spotlight the potato, Solanum tuberosum (L.) – a crop regularly consumed by billions of people. Potatoes are a key crop across diverse farming systems globally, ranging from smallholders producing diverse heirloom varieties by hand in the...
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FAO – BPW International and other INGOs have been promoting the use of solar-powered pumps for several years
December 4, 2023FAO promotes Solar Water Pumps Solar powered water pumps support pastoralists’ livelihoods in times of climate crisis One agropastoralist in South Sudan is adapting to the changing climate and helping others do the same. Read his story here: > Read more Youtube content is not displayed due to...
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Kitchen Gardening – Update of the SC Agriculture Project – The Benefits of Kitchen Gardening
November 6, 2023The Benefits of Kitchen Gardening The update on the "Kitchen Gardening" project gives you a brief introduction to the meaningfulness of this work. You can download this introduction as a pdf or as a presentation. > Kitchen Gardening Update - The Benefits
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#EarthDay #greenBPW – The pledge of the SC Agriculture and the project “Kitchen Gardening”
April 20, 2023🌎🌍 On Earth Day 2023, we renew our request to all women who would like to join us: Please share your experiences and invite members of all nationalities to share with us innovative solutions in rural, urban and peri-urban agriculture in women's hands. Through our Kitchen Gardening project,...
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FAO Rome – The status of women in agrifood systems – Report 2023
April 10, 2023The status of women in agrifood systems report uses extensive new data and analyses to provide a comprehensive picture of women’s participation, benefits, and challenges they face working in agrifood systems globally. The report shows how increasing women’s empowerment and gender equality in...
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Food Systems Transformation – Eliminate Hunger – Cristina Gorajski
March 23, 2023Abstract of the online speech on March 10, 2023 by Cristina Gorajski at the BPW ITALY SARDINIA, webinar Università di Sassari 'Eliminate Hunger' / 'Sconfiggere la Fame', "Food systems transformation FAO since 1951 has been an...
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SC Agriculture – Kitchen Gardening – Video Testimonial
December 23, 2022Kitchen Gardening Project Testimonial #4 - Noreen Abdullah, BPW Malaysia "I would like to share our activity on Kitchen Gardening (funds from our 10K grant) done with the indigenous community school over the mountains with a long, narrow and winding road." Reported by Noreen Abdulla, BPW...
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SC Agriculture – Kitchen Gardening – Testimonials
December 23, 2022Kitchen Gardening Project Testimonial #3 - Alia Abbas, BPW Lebanon "I feel happy when I grow my own veggies and fruits because I know they are clean and healthier. Surely when I grow my own plants, I feel proud that my piece of land is giving me good products. Since I do not trust the...
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SC Agriculture Project “Kitchen Gardening”
October 27, 2022Project of the BPW International SC Agriculture 2021-2024 - BPW Lebanon - The project seeks to implant and maintain a permanent Kitchen Gardening. 'Provide your own food by working the land.' > Visit the project page > Visit the SC Agriculture page
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World Food Day 2022
October 14, 2022We are all connected. There are some eight billion people on this planet, and we share one food system. Conflict, disease, inequality, climate change and rising food and fuel prices all threaten food security by denying and restricting access to affordable and nutritious food. We need to build a...
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Action Plan – Information, Actions, Business Ideas
June 7, 20222 June 2022, 21:00 h CET (UTC+2) Standing Committee Agriculture - Information, Actions, Business Ideas Cristina Gorajski Visconti BPW International Chair SC Agriculture 2021-2024 Webinar in English > Watch the video on YouTube This webinar is about topics related to Agriculture and Nutrition,...
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Cristina Gorajski Visconti, Chair of SC Agriculture – Videos 2021 as BPW Representative to FAO
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Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition Consultation
October 17, 2021Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition • FSN Forum Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and NutritionConsultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines in the context of Food Security and Nutrition Please go to...
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UN Food Systems Summit 2021
August 20, 2021UN Food Systems Summit The UN Food Systems Summit has confirmed that the Summit will take place on: Thursday, September 23, 2021. The event will be held during the UN General Assembly in New York and will take the form of a virtual event. The Summit will follow the...
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World Water Week 2021
August 19, 2021Join us at the World Water Week 2021 digital event from 23 to 27 August! The Land and Water Division of FAO is currently engaged in a number of project and activities to strengthen resilient agricultural production systems to enhance food security. In an era of anthropogenic-induced environmental...
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Opening Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit
July 27, 2021FAO Director-General: World faces historic task to turn the tide on ending hunger, poverty and achieving the other SDGs A holistic and coordinated approach is urgently needed to transform agri-food systems and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This was the call made by the...
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UN Food Systems Summit 2021 – Pre-Summit 26-28 July 2021, Rome
July 22, 2021UN FSS Pre-Summit affiliated event: Putting Nutrition at the Centre of Food Systems Transformation Tuesday, 27 July 2021 1:30pm to 2:20pm (CEST) | 7:30am to 8:20am (EDT) > Register here UN Nutrition advocates for a food systems transformation with people at its heart and with nutrition...
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May 28, 2021Youtube content is not displayed due to your cookie settings. Click on the functional YouTube cookies in the cookie banner to agree to load and display content from YouTube. Please note: Clicking the link will notify YouTube about this action. In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will...
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Standing Committee Chair – Cristina Gorajski Visconti, Italy
April 20, 2021Cristina Gorajski Visconti BPW UN Representative FAO Rome BPW International Standing Committee Agriculture Chair 2021-2024 FIDAPA-BPW Italy Club Ancona Riviera del Conero FIDAPA-BPW Italy Italy Languages Italian, English, Spanish, French Mail Born in Rome – Studies in Argentina- Italian...
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