Sep 22, 2024 · The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open from United Nations headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, with the High-Level Week spanning from 23 to 27 September. Read more here on other events and meetings taking place during the UNGA79 High-Level period.

Oct 17, 2024 · Between 713 million and 757 million people, or 1 out of 11, may have faced hunger in 2023. Conflict, climate extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns, lack of access to and unaffordability of healthy diets, and persistent inequality continue to drive food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide.

FAO specifications are developed with the basic objective of promoting, as far as practicable, the manufacture, distribution and use of pesticides that meet basic quality requirements.

Review of the Performance of Existing Mining Operations and Cleansing of Non-Moving Mining Rights Holders.

Sep 22, 2024 · UNGA79: FAO chief emphasizes the centrality of climate solutions for agrifood systems transformation. Director-General announces FAO will host the Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers

Global production of primary crop commodities reached 9.6 billion tonnes in 2022, increasing by 56 percent since 2000 and just 0.7 percent since 2021. The global production of cereals decreased by 12 million tonnes, or 0.4 percent between 2021 and 2022, driven by …

FAO SOILS BULLETIN 79 ISSN 0253-2050. III Preface As the human population grows, notably in the tropics and subtropics (where many rural people live in poverty), the difficulties of increasing food production also increase. In these areas, average crop yields are in gradual decline. In spite of improved plant breeding, the rates of

Executive Order No. 79 Institutionalizing and Implementing Reforms in the Philippine Mining Sector, Providing Policies and Guidelines to Ensure Environmental Protection and Responsible Mining in the Utilization of Mineral Resources.

Sep 25, 2024 · To achieve this, we need coordinated global action, innovation and the right incentives for farmers and producers – which was the message voiced in September 2023 at the first-ever FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation that brought together partners to pave the way forward. 7.

Sep 22, 2024 · This is at the core of FAO’s work. Allow me to share three key elements for the way forward: One: we must step up efforts to achieve the SDGs by 2030 by supporting the transformation of global agrifood systems to eliminate hunger and increase equality.