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Your chance to be recognized as a UN World Restoration Flagship is here!
If you know or are part of an initiative that is restoring nature, apply for the prestigious #GenerationRestoration United Nations award.
📅 Apply by 31 May
➡️ decadeonrestoration.org/nominate-un-wo…
In celebration of the #IYC2024 , the Food and Agriculture Organization is collaborating with partners to highlight the important role camelids play in community livelihoods & in building resilience to climate change, particularly in mountains & arid lands. 🐪
#YearofCamelids
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#SaveTheDate ┃High-Level Ceremony of the #InternationalDayOfPotato
Join us as we spotlight the potato's vital role in enhancing nutrition, ensuring food security & supporting sustainable agricultural practices.
📅30 May
🕓16.00-17.30 (CEST)
💻fao.org/webcast/home/e…
This 30th May will be the first-ever #InternationalDayOfPotato !
Do you want to learn more about this staple food regularly consumed by over 1️⃣ billion people? 🥔
📗 Download Food and Agriculture Organization's new guide here 👉 ow.ly/cy4K50QPVMv
'Policy coherence between migration, agriculture & climate change is vital for both migrant workers' protection & the sustainability & resilience of agrifood systems.'
-Food and Agriculture Organization's J. Demeranville at the International Dialogue on Migration.
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#IDMigration24
Are you from a country or region whose efforts in restoring an ecosystem could inspire others around the world?
Get recognized as a World Restoration Flagship under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration!
Apply by 31 May 👉bit.ly/442x3ZL
#GenerationRestoration
At the #PoCWeek2024 side event organised by Ireland at UN on Addressing conflict-induced hunger, Food and Agriculture Organization's Julius Jackson stressed the need to reduce protection risks through comprehensive agricultural livelihood assistance both early on and in protracted food crises.
Maintaining biodiversity means:
🐛Healthy ecosystems
🧑🌾Resilient rural livelihoods
🥕Nutritious food
Our future of food depends on it.
#BiodiversityDay #ForNature
📢 #SaveTheDate
Don't miss the Food and Agriculture Organization-CARICOM: Caribbean Community side event at #SIDS 4 !
Delivering concrete solutions for #SIDS through the FAO Global Roadmap: Achieving #SDG2 without breaching the 1.5 C threshold.
🗓️ 27 May
🕑 14:00-15:30 AST
💻Stay tuned for more ➡️fao.org/sids-solutions…
🍵Good moments?
🫖 Boiling water?
🐝Beekeeping?
👩🌾Gardening?
What memories does tea bring to you?
This #TeaDay , Waris Ahluwalia & his mother Darshan & @DannySangra join Food and Agriculture Organization to raise awareness about the importance of tea & honour women around the world from crop to cup!
🐝 On the occasion of the 7th #WorldBeeDay , Food and Agriculture Organization's Guangzhou Qu recognized the threats facing pollinators and affirmed Food and Agriculture Organization's commitment to #SavetheBees through advocating, sharing knowledge, empowering stakeholders, and fostering partnerships.
More ➡ fao.org/new-york/fao-s…
Much of the food we eat depends on bees 🐝.
These guardians of biodiversity play a key role in achieving the #GlobalGoals .
Learn more from Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday's #WorldBeeDay : fao.org/world-bee-day/…
Today is #WorldBeeDay ! 🐝🐝
In many areas of the 🌎, bees & other pollinators are declining in abundance & diversity.
We must ALL take action to support them.
🐝 Find out how you can get involved 👉 bit.ly/3cP6kER
#WorldBeeDay
Food security and nutrition depend on #biodiversity .
Here are 4️⃣ things you need to know about biodiversity for food and agriculture 👇
#ForNature
How much #DYK about the hidden costs of our #AgrifoodSystems ❓
Read the Food and Agriculture Organization State of Food and Agriculture 2023: Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems to learn more
Download YOUR copy of #SOFA2023 today❗️ 👇
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