From field to fabric, cotton is woven into our lives

#DYK the cotton sector sustains 1⃣0⃣0⃣ million families in almost 8⃣0⃣ countries❓

#WorldCottonDay

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📍Happening Now
Social Protection Training Meeting for FAO Southern Africa country focal points in South Africa.
👉🏽Share key knowledge FAO products/tools on
social protection (TRANSFORM modules, coherence tool, SP coverage toolkit) that could guide & strengthen SP work at country level

Check out Food and Agriculture Organization new report on technologies & innovations to enhance agrifood systems. The outlook presents a wide range of context-based solutions to increase food production while ameliorating sustainability patterns. Science 👩‍🔬 fosters a 🌎♻️ future.

📌fao.org/3/cc2506en/cc2…

Addressing #FoodSecurity could not be more urgent. Food and Agriculture Organization Chief Economist Maximo Torero made a presentation on the contemporary challenges to #agrifood systems and how trade can play a role at an informal @WTO retreat meeting w/ #WTO Members on #Agriculture

#SPorgWebinar on social assistance programme for agri-food systems workers in West Africa.
Social Protection challenges and good practices from Cabo Verde 🇨🇻, Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮, Ghana🇬🇭, Mali🇲🇱, and Senegal🇸🇳 are presented.
ECOWAS Agriculture FAO Social & Economic Development

.FAO Brussels is happy to welcome @FAO #Food & #Nutrition Director Lynnette Neufeld.

On the agenda: @GatesFoundation #GrandChallenges Meeting & interesting discussions w. MEP 🇪🇺 Isabel Carvalhais & 🇧🇪 @Ugent Prof. @CarlLachat.

Together for Better Nutrition - Leaving NO ONE behind!

#SPorgWebinar on social assistance programmes for agri-food systems workers in West Africa
Extract of the introductory remarks of Ms. Bintia Stephen Tchicaya FAO Social Protection Programme Lead for Africa 👇

#SPorgWebinar on social assistance programmes for agri-food systems workers in West Africa
Extract of the speech of Dr. Robert Gouantoueu Guei Sub regional Coordinator for FAO West Africa 👇

Do you know how to assess the impact of social assistance programmes on food security and #nutrition ? Join this webinar and learn more about the ISPA-FSN tool!

🗓️16 November 2022
🕝13:30-14:30 CEST

Register NOW 👉bit.ly/3spzNi8

.Food and Agriculture Organization's #HandinHand Initiative 'matchmakes' countries to transform agriculture

Bangladesh officials 🇧🇩 trained in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, to gather information on food exports, agro processing, & food safety, including:

🥔 & 🧅production
🐟 farming

via IPS ipsnews.net/2022/10/bangla…

.FAO Newsroom 🗞️| «Hand-in-Hand»: L'étincelle d'espoir lancée par la FAO pour lutter contre famine et pauvreté

Ismahane Elouafi interrogée par Arab News

#HandinHand

arabnews.fr/node/300541/in…

#DYK Food and Agriculture Organization produces the State of Food and Agriculture every year❓

Here's a look back at #SOFA2021 , with FAO's Marco V Sánchez on supporting more resilient agrifood systems

📕 ES fao.org/publications/s…
📕 EN fao.org/publications/s…

& a heads-up that #SOFA2022 is coming soon...

📢 Join us TOMORROW 25 Oct. at 11:00 AM GMT for a #SPorgWebinar on social assistance prog. for agri-food systems workers in West Africa.
Findings of an upcoming report by @fao and @ipc_ig will be shared. Ecowas - Cedeao ECOWAS Agriculture Food and Agriculture OrganizationSocioEcon
Register: bit.ly/3RRAZ89

📢 Rejoignez-nous DEMAIN 25 oct. à 11h00 GMT pour un #SPorgWebinar sur les prog. d'assistance sociale pour les travailleurs des systèmes agroalimentaires en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Les conclusions d'un prochain rapport de @fao & @ipc_ig seront partagées.
👉: bit.ly/3RRAZ89

👥 | The FAO/WHO Coordinating Committees allow regions or groups of countries to coordinate food-standards activities in their region, including the development of regional standards.

👉 This week #CCLAC22 will discuss the food safety issues of interest to the region. [🧵⤵️]