Past events
Reaching those left furthest behind: Addressing hunger and poverty in protracted crises
12/07/2017 - 12 July 2017, 13:15 - 14:30 EDT - United Nations HQ, Conference Room 6 (New York, USA) CFS side event at the 2017 High Level Political Forum (HLPF).Why are protracted crises situations [...]
Addressing the hunger-poverty nexus: What policy coherence means for the 2030 Agenda
12/07/2017 - 12 July 2017, 13:15 - 14:30 EDT - United Nations HQ, Conference Room 6 (New York, USA) CFS side event at the 2017 High Level Political Forum (HLPF). This event is co-organized with the European [...]
Sustainable Diets in the Context of Sustainable Food Systems
12/07/2017 - 12-13 July 2017 The technical workshop Sustainable Diets in the Context of Sustainable Food Systems will take place on 12-13 July 2017 at FAO HQ in Rome. Organised by FAO, in collaboration with UNSCN [...]
Accelerating progress towards achieving SDG2: Lessons from national implementation United Nations Foundation
11/07/2017 - Side event during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development When: Tuesday 11 July 2017 (7:30-8:45 EDT) Where: United Nations Foundation, 801 Second Avenue, Suite 900, New [...]
5th Annual Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition Agriculture-Nutrition Scientific Symposium
09/07/2017 - Held during the 2nd Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week 9 – 13 July, Yak & Yeti Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) [...]
Making Agriculture and Food Systems Nutrition‐sensitive and Climate-smart
06/07/2017 - Side Event to the 40th Session of FAO Conference hosted by FAO, The Netherlands and UNSCN Transforming food systems to become more nutrition-sensitive and climate-smart calls for multiple [...]
Launch event: HLPE Report on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition
27/06/2017 - 27 June, FAO HQ, Rome At its 41st session in October 2014, the CFS requested the HLPE to prepare a study on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition, to feed into the CFS Plenary session [...]
CFS Intersessional events on Nutrition
09/05/2017 - Mark your calendars for the two CFS Advancing Nutrition events in partnership with UNSCN! Investments for Healthy Food SystemsTuesday, 9 May 2017, 09:30 – 17:00, Red Room, FAO HQ, Rome and via [...]
Work Programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
05/05/2017 - The Work Programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition is now available! To ensure that the Work Programme presented the compelling vision necessary to enable strategic interaction and mutual [...]
Spotlight on Nutrition: Unlocking Human Potential and Economic Growth
22/04/2017 - Nutrition is a key driver of development, serving as a foundation for healthy individuals and societies. Investing in nutrition yields permanent and inalienable benefits, with at least a $10 return on [...]
ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting Panel on Climate change and Nutrition
20/04/2017 - In a world challenged by climate change and a growing population, with evolving food demands and a variety of health challenges, we need to be smarter and fairer about what and how we produce and [...]
New request for Proposal - Collaborative Research Initiative
15/04/2017 - Deadline for submission: 15 April 2017 Informing the Delivery of Nutrition Interventions for Adolescent Girls and Young Women with a focus on low and middle income countriesThe Sackler [...]
E-consultation: How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition?
27/03/2017 - The Rome-based Agencies (RBA) and FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) are joining forces for the open online consultation “How can value chains be shaped to [...]
3rd International Congress Hidden Hunger
20/03/2017 - Post-2015 Agenda and Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG): Where are we now? Strategies to improve nutrition quality and combat hidden hunger 20-22 March 2017 / Stuttgart, Germany The 3rd Congress [...]
CSW61: Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
13/03/2017 - The theme of women’s equality and economic empowerment featured central during the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women that took place at the United Nations Headquarters [...]
