Tag: Food Systems

FAO Report: The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025

FAO has recently launched a report on the Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security. This biennial flagship report provides comprehensive evidence on the escalating impact of disasters on global agricultural systems. It also highlights how digital technologies are transforming how farmers, governments, and communities can monitor risks, anticipate impacts, and protect livelihoods.

Enhanced methodologies for assessing disaster impacts across crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture subsector are introduced in The 2025 edition of the report introduces, which offer FAO Member States robust data for evidence-based policymaking. This edition provides actionable recommendations for integrating disaster risk reduction into agricultural policies and investments through digital innovations to align with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The report also demostrates how technology is revolutionising agricultural risk management, from AI-powered early warning systems to mobile-based insurance reaching millions of smallholder farmers.

While addressing the digital divide that leaves 2.6 billion people offline, the report also emphasises putting farmers at the centre to design solutions with them but not only for them. Through compelling cases and actionable frameworks, the report provides a roadmap for building resilient agricultural systems capable of feeding the world under mounting climate risks.

This publication is an essential resource for governments, development partners, and stakeholders working to build resilient agrifood systems in the face of climate change and increasing disaster risks.

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Launch event of the Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All

Friday, 13 May 2022

14:00 to 15:00 (CEST)

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Health, nutrition and environmental sustainability need to be core, cross-cutting foundations of food systems transformation. During the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) of 2021 the call for action to deliver healthy diets from sustainable food systems echoed through dialogues, social movements and national pathways. Formed as an outcome of the UNFSS, the Coalition of Action for Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (HDSFS) brings Member States, UN Agencies, Civil Society Organizations, Academic Institutions and social movements together to deliver on this call.
The Coalition will strive to act as a mechanism for coordinated action on healthy diets from sustainable food systems that provides countries the opportunity to share, learn and inform. It will foster, maintain and gain momentum from multiple stakeholders on the issue, and allow for all to inspire and be inspired. 
 
On Friday 13th of May 2022, join us for the official launch of the Coalition of Action for Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems. The event aims to celebrate the formation of the Coalition and showcase action for HDSFS, inspire current and new members, and catalyze support towards its vision at the country, regional and global level. Members and frontrunners countries will present the planned work and showcase progress so far under the Coalition’s workplan functions.

Additional information and the agenda of the event are available here.

“Obesity: Advancing the global food and health agendas” webinar. Registration open

On Monday 7th June from 15:00 – 16:00 CEST, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and World Obesity will host a virtual health talk as part of WHO Food Systems Dialogues Week.
During a World Obesity Day event “Obesity: Setting the global agenda” Dr Tedros introduce a new Coalition that will lead, coordinate and drive action on obesity globally.

Following this, the conversation is now moving forward to discuss how partners are advancing the food and health agendas to address obesity.

This event will introduce the new Global Obesity Coalition’s work streams on narrative, regulation and primary health care, with a panel of speakers from government, UN and civil society debating some of the challenges in multi-sector approaches, as well as the opportunities provided by the UN Food System Summit to advance global action on obesity.

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