Past events
Global Week for Action on NCDs
03/09/2018 - With the digital world switched on to talk about NCDs, the first Global Week for Action on NCDs – from Monday 3 September to Sunday 9 September – will provide everyone, [...]
Moving to sustainable and resilient societies: the food security and nutrition dimensions
11/07/2018 - 11 July, 18:30 - 20:00 pm EDT, Conference Room B, UN Conference Building, New York A joint CFS and UNSCN Side Event at the 2018 High Level Political Forum The pursuit of food security and nutrition [...]
From healthy waters to healthy people
05/07/2018 - Rome, 5 July 2018, FAO Headquarters Sheikh Zayed Centre, 09.30–14.30 The meeting is the first official meeting of the informal Global Action Network on Sustainable Food from the Oceans and [...]
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week
25/06/2018 - 25 - 29 June 2018, Accra (Ghana). The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy is a global research network in agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition and health to serve as a [...]
Expert Group Meeting linking nutrition with the SDGs
19/06/2018 - 19-20 June 2018, UN HQ New York UNSCN organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) linking nutrition with the SDGs that are under review in 2018: SDG6, SDG7, SDG11, SDG12 and SDG15. The main objectives [...]
EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2018
11/06/2018 - 11-12 June 2018, Annexet and Quality Hotel Globe, Stockholm, Sweden The 2018 EAT Stockholm Food Forum explored a range of solutions available for achieving healthy and sustainable [...]
World Health Assembly
21/05/2018 - 21–26 May 2018, Geneva (Switzerland) The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
