Hunger and malnutrition in the Arab region hamper achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 by 2030, UN report warns

The latest edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in the Near East and North Africa, published today, estimates that more than 51 million people in the region are suffering from hunger.
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FAO and Spain pledge to continue collaborating closely on global food security and nutrition

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Kingdom of Spain today acknowledged their joint efforts to fight global hunger and malnutrition in the past decade and pledged to further strengthen their collaboration in the future.
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FAO Director-General opens the 8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture

Opening the 8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, urged for new solutions and smarter ways to produce more food with less, and stressed that without a healthy environment, there are no healthy foods
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FAO launches Green Cities Action Programme for Africa

A big push to better the health of city-dwellers in a rapidly urbanizing continent kicked off today as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa.
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FAO Conference endorses new Strategic Framework to drive agri-food systems transformation

Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today endorsed the new Strategic Framework that will drive the Organization’s efforts to transform agri-food systems and address hunger, poverty and inequality over the next decade.
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Global Environment Facility approves over $46.6 million to support FAO-led projects

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed approval from the Global Environment Facility(GEF) for five FAO-led projects in eight countries, totaling more than $46.6 million in funding.
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Private sector has a crucial role to play in ensuring healthy diets for all

The private sector can be a crucial ally in global efforts to make agri-food systems more resilient, sustainable, efficient and inclusive to ensure healthy diets for all. This was a key takeaway from the B20-G20-FAO Dialogue on Sustainable Food System, a joint initiative co-organized by the Business 20 Italy, FAO and the Italian Presidency of the G20.
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Canada contributes over CAD 22 million for FAO’s COVID-19 response

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes a CAD 22.4 million (USD 17.7 million) contribution from Canada to boost the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable communities reeling from the impacts of COVID-19 in nine countries across Africa and Latin America.
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Ministers at FAO High Level Round Table agreed innovation is key to tackling hunger and climate change

“We have to produce more with less – more quantity, more quality and more diversity. We need to move from biodiversity to food diversity,” the Director-General said at the event, held at the end of the first day of the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference on Monday.
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Ministers at FAO High Level Round Table agreed innovation is key to tackling hunger and climate change

“We have to produce more with less – more quantity, more quality and more diversity. We need to move from biodiversity to food diversity,” the Director-General said at the event, held at the end of the first day of the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference on Monday.
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Bill Gates highlights role of data and technology to end hunger at FAO Conference

Helping smallholder farmers, especially in low-income countries, invest in results-oriented climate-resilient agriculture is essential to achieving the SDGs and avoiding a “catastrophic economic crash,” Bill Gates said today in a special event during the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference.
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First virtual FAO Conference kicks off with renewed calls for rebuilding a better world

As the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference kicked off today, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella, Pope Francis, and others made a passionate call for tangible actions, innovative solutions, and continued commitment to rebuild a better, greener world.
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