Fiddling in Nairobi While Africa Goes Hungry
September 1, 2021According to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) annual hunger report, released July 12, the world experienced a nearly unprecedented one-year rise in severe hunger from 2019 to 2020. The agency’s annual estimate of “undernourishment” showed an increase of up to 25% over...
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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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UN Food Systems Summit
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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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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