Past events
Half-Day Seminar: Nutrition for School-Age Children
16/05/2018 - The Conference Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington May 16, 2018 from 8:30 AM to 12:45 PM (EDT) Catholic Relief Services, [...]
Launch: First global initiative to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fats
14/05/2018 - Monday 14 May 2018 from 13.45-14.30 CET WHO is launching a first-ever global initiative to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply. Eliminating [...]
Global Hunger Today Conference
10/05/2018 - Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 6pm and Friday, 11 May 2018 from 10am to 6pm Boole 4, University College Cork. [...]
FAO-IFPRI Launch of the Global Food Policy Report 2018
08/05/2018 - How can the global food system deliver food security for all in the face of the radical changes taking place today? The 2018 Global Food Policy Report is a major flagship report of the International [...]
Call for comments on the draft WHO Guidelines on saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty intake for adults and children
07/05/2018 - Public consultation open from 04 May to 1 June 2018 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death and were responsible for an estimated 39.5 million (72%) of the world’s 54.7 [...]
World Food Prize
01/05/2018 - The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement at any point along the full range of the food production and distribution chain.Fields of achievement [...]
Can a human rights based approach accelerate reduction of undernutrition and obesity?
26/04/2018 - Can a human rights based approach accelerate reduction of undernutrition and obesity was an international, interdisciplinary seminar hosted by the Department of Nutrition, University of [...]
Policy brief launch - Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges & opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors
18/04/2018 - 18 April 2018, 14.15 - 16.15, FAO HQ (Rome) FAO and the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition are delighted to invite you to the launch of the policy brief: "Improving [...]
Transforming Food Systems to Support Nutritious Diets
17/04/2018 - April 17th 2018 at 2121 K. Street NW, Suite 800-B, Washington, D.C. 9.00-10.30 EDT, coffee served from 8.30 FAO Liaison Office for North America and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition [...]
World Bank Spring Meetings
16/04/2018 - 16-22 April 2018, Washington, DC The Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) bring together central bankers, ministers of [...]
Biennial report to UNGA on the implementation of the Nutrition Decade
10/04/2018 - FAO and WHO prepared a biennial report to United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the Implementation of the Nutrition Decade to capture the progress made during the first two years. We invite you to [...]
WHO Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control
09/04/2018 - 9-11 April 2018, Copenhagen (Denmark) In preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on NCDs in 2018 (UN HLM3), the World Health Organization and the Government of [...]
World Health Day 2018 - Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere.
07/04/2018 - 7 April 2018 The World Health Organization was founded on the principle that all people should be able to realize their right to the highest possible level of health. “Health for all” [...]
2nd International Symposium on Agroecology
03/04/2018 - 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology: Scaling-up Agroecology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 3 – 5 April, FAO Headquarters, Rome This second symposium aims at scaling up [...]
Launch event - Global Food Policy Report 2018
20/03/2018 - Tuesday 20 March 2018 - 09:30 to 11:00 am EDTIFPRI HQ, Washington (USA) Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food [...]
