From 16 to 18 June 2021, the United Nations Office at Nairobi (Kenya) will host the Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) – Africa 2021.
Globally, agriculture is facing multiple challenges, including an increasing demand for food, diminishing yields, and degradation of natural resources and biodiversity. In addition, the impacts of climate change are posing new threats.
Pre-Summit High-Level Dialogue. Common vision, common action: Catalysing new investment models for financing sustainable food systems
This is the third consultation of IFAD’s Twelfth Replenishment (IFAD12).
This event will showcase how Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge, cultural values, and sustainable management systems are essential to a more food secure future. It will address the increased challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance of building mutually beneficial partnerships with their communities and organizations to leave no-one behind.
To coincide with the UN International Day of Rural Women, this first virtual event will elevate the value these women and girls bring to their families and communities even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year marks the first observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. It also comes during the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought about a global wake-up on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and consumed.
The SicilyFarm Film Festival will be held in August 2020 at the Farm Cultural Park, Favara, Sicily, with the last two nights at the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hear from Sir Michael Barber about the Deliverology® methodology and its importance for creating more capable states.