At
#AFSForum2024
, one of the major topics is how underutilized, climate-resilient crops can help build resilient agrifood systems.
The Global Partnership for the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils, including
@FAO
,
@CIMMYT
&
@State_E
, is focused on unlocking this potential. 💪🏿
Africa hosts a wealth of native crops that offer both nutritional benefits and sustainability.
It's time to rediscover Africa's
#ForgottenCrops
and their potential to transform agrifood systems for a future with
#FoodSecurity
and
#HealthyDiets
for all!
👉
💪17 goals.
🤝6 years to achieve them. 1 future.
📢Food & agriculture lie at the heart of achieving each & every one of the 17
#SDGs
.
✅FAO is committed to helping build a better future for all, learn how 👉
Once we lose a species we have lost it forever! 😱
Our bees & other pollinators are dying. Without them, we wouldn't have 75% of the 🌎 food!
We need to protect our pollinators to preserve our biodiversity & secure our future of food.
👉
#HoneyBeeDay
Nutrition education helps build people's capacities to:
🍲feed themselves & their families well
💰get right foods at right prices
👩🏽🍳cook healthy meals
🛑recognize & resist poor food choices
🥗teach children & others about healthy eating
#SDG4
👩🏿🌾Farmers
🚛Food transporters
🏭Factory Workers
🛒Grocers
👨🍳Cooks
👨👨👦👦Family members
👩🏽🦱 Friends
👨🏽You
This
#FarmworkerAppreciationDay
& every day, we are thankful to all the
#FoodHeroes
out there helping to make diverse, nutritious, safe & affordable foods for all.
#RightToFood
🌲🌾Agrisilvicultural systems combine trees & crops
🌳🐐Silvopastoral systems combine trees & grazing of domesticated animals
🌲🌾🐐Agrosilvopastoral systems combine trees, animals & crops
Find out more about
@FAO
’s work on agroforestry 👉
733 million people faced hunger in 2023.
The world is off track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030.
Swipe to learn what are the major drivers and possible solutions to hunger and malnutrition ⏩
#SOFI2024
#Agenda2030
Achieving
#SDG2
by 2030 is possible, but we need to scale up financing in the countries where hunger & malnutrition are most alarming. Better targeting, risk-tolerance, & joint public & private investments are key to achieving a zero-hunger future.
#HLPF
#SOFI2024
#4Betters
Human ingenuity can pave the way toward a sustainable future, with forests poised to play a pivotal role in this transformation.
Read a
@BangkokPostNews
op ed by
@FAO
’s Zhimin Wu as FAO launches the State of the World’s Forests 2024
👉
#SOFO2024
#COFO27
This Thursday, as part of the
#HLPF2024
, a virtual side event with
@Local2030
and many more on bridging knowledge and action to localize the
#SDGs
!
Register now ➡️
#GlobalGoals
At our recent
#HLPF
side event, we heard inspiring examples of integrated
#FoodSystems
policies driving progress across multiple areas of sustainable development. Learn more 👇
#SDGs
#GlobalGoals
At the
#HLPF
side-event 'Food systems, biodiversity & climate: a recipe for a greener future',
@FAO
's Olena Ovchynnikova explained how we can transform our agrifood systems to achieve the
#4Betters
, including
#ZeroHunger
& environmental sustainability.🔗
At the launch of
@UN
System-wide Strategy for Water & Sanitation during
#HLPF
#SDG6
&
#WaterAction
Special Event,
@FAODG
reaffirmed
@FAO
's support to the Strategy for better production, better nutrition, a better environment & a better life for all – leaving no one behind.
Starting now! The
#HLPF2024
side event on
#FoodSystems
, biodiversity and climate. Experts will discuss making the food systems approach accessible to urban communities and other pathways to achieving
#SDG2
!
Join us live, and stay tuned here for updates!
At the Int. Day on Combating Sand and Dust Storms
#SDSDay
on 12 July,
@FAONewYork
's Katherine Clyne underlined
@FAO
's commitment to continue fostering cooperation with countries and all members of the
@UN
Coalition to Combat
#SDS
.