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FAO International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: a warning to awaken our consciences

28 September 2020 Gioia Baggio

For the first time ever in its history, FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has set up an international day dedicated to the awareness of food loss and waste. It is celebrated all over the world on September 29 and aims to raise awareness among the global population on the impact …

820 million People Still Suffering: Slow Food on Bolder Policies and Stronger Communities

15 July 2019

This report offers an important estimate of progress towards the Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal, and according to the report’s data, this goal appears increasingly out of reach. After decades of steady decline, since 2015 the trend in world hunger—as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment—has slowly increased.

SFYN Asia campaigning to protect biodiversity.

3 April 2019 David McKenzie

Following the dark forecast put forward by the FAO report on Biodiversity, the Slow Food Youth Network is taking steps to tackle the problem in a positive way.

New FAO Report Indicates that Biodiversity Loss is Pushing Food System Towards Collapse

22 February 2019

Slow Food calls for immediate action: “This should be at the top of every news bulletin and every government’s agenda around the world” The current industrial model of agriculture underpinning the global food system is destroying itself, and us with it: This is the conclusion that we can draw from the report released today …

Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat to Bolster Livelihoods of Mountain People

11 December 2018

Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, have signed an agreement to improve the livelihoods of mountain people, with special focus on Cordillera’s mountain community in the Philippines.

Indigenous Peoples Paving the Way: High-Level Expert Seminar at FAO

23 November 2018

Indigenous Terra Madre Network Representatives from Kyrgyzstan and Russia participated at the High-Level Expert Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems, held November 7-9, 2018, at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Agricultural Heritage Sites Fuse Ancient Wisdom with Modern Adaptation

18 April 2018 José Graziano da Silva

Agriculture is an ancient human activity, and over millennia there have been numerous examples of inspired genius. The qanat system of irrigation, first reported more than 2500 years ago in Iran, quite literally made the desert bloom. An elaborate network of aquifer-driven underground tunnels, informal water governance systems, naturally-powered filtration designs and complementary cultivation schemes …

Climate Change, Land Degradation and the Loss of Agricultural Land

27 November 2017 Sergio Zelaya (FAO)

Land degradation and desertification concern us all. They reinforce the effects of global warming, impacting on soils, vegetation, and the hydrological cycle. Desertification, or degradation of terrestrial ecosystems, occurs when there is overexploitation of land beyond their productive capacities, resulting from unsustainable management practices. This is especially true in drylands (around 41% of all land; …

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: a FAO project with Slow elements

11 October 2017 Aurélie Fernandez

Diverse agricultural systems and landscapes have been created, shaped and maintained around the world by generations of farmers and herders based on natural resources and management practices adapted to local areas. Building on traditional knowledge and experience, these agricultural systems reflect the evolution of humankind, the breadth of its knowledge, and its profound relationship with …

The Slow Food View on FAO’s State of Food and Agriculture Report 2016

17 October 2016

The climate is changing; food and agriculture must too. This was the main message UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) chose to transmit as they honored the global World Food Day 2016 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome.