Agriculture & Food Security
This category is attached to news and events that focus on the role of agriculture in achieving sustainable development, including: research and recommendations regarding unsustainable agricultural practices and ways to address agriculture’s role as a key emitter of greenhouse gases; efforts to achieve food security and eliminate hunger as they relate to SDG 2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture); biofuels production and food security, ecosystem services and sustainable agriculture; and fisheries, aquaculture marine and coastal conservation as they pertain to food and nutrition security.
news
SEE MORESummit Stresses Role of Genebanks in Preserving, Restoring Crop Diversity
Summit Stresses Role of Genebanks in Preserving, R...
US National Climate Assessment Puts Price Tag on Extreme Events
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guest articles
SEE MORESmallholders on the Frontline: A Call for Action at COP 28
Responsibilities and Climate Justice: A Small State’s Call
Global Stocktake Must Address Food – With Nuance
Food Systems: The Missing Piece of the Climate Puzzle at COP 28
policy briefs
SEE MOREFood Systems and Chemicals: Addressing Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Synergies Conference Bridges HLPF 2022 and UN Climate Change COP
Comment l’OMC peut-elle contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire mondiale?
World Forum to Address Urban Crises, Urban Recovery
Events
SEE MORE20th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
24-28 March 2025
Roma, Lazio, Italy
11th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 11)
10-16 December 2024
Windhoek, Namibia
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2024
8-18 July 2024
New York City, US
Tenth Roundtable on Financing Water
22-23 November 2023
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
20-24 November 2023
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Global Crop Diversity Summit
14 November 2023
Berlin, Germany