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Italy to set the stage for UN Food Systems Summit with three-day event that will deliver bold new ambitions Share on Rome, 17 March 2021 -  The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021.  Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, the Pre-Summit event will bring together the efforts and contributio...

Date Time Share Italy to set stage for UN Food Systems Summit with three-day event that will deliver bold new ambitions Wednesday 17 March, Rome – The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021. Rome is the UN’s food and agricultural hub and the home base for three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agri...

III meeting  of Central Asian Agriculture Ministers held 16 March 2021 14:30 Share in: NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM The III meeting of Agriculture Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took place online as part of preparations for the UN 2021 Food Systems Summit. It debated introducing innovations in the agro-industrial complex, the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry’s press service reports. It was organized...

Date Time Science, technology and innovation are key to transform agri-food systems in Central Asia 15 March, 2021, Rome – With focus on science, technology and innovation, Central Asian countries can contribute to agri-food systems transformation and serve as a model for other regions facing similar challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at the Third Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia. The virtual event, hosted by the ...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) announced that Gregorio, a professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), made it to the list of staunch advocates of the Food Systems of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. “Congratulations to Academician Glenn B. Gregorio for being one of the new Food Systems Champions of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021,” it said in a Facebook post. Gregorio has been a member of ...

Tom Arnold appointed Government’s special envoy on food systems 2021-03-10

The United Nations The world is at a critical moment to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday, during a virtual discussion with European Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala. Multilateral engagement is key to responding to the pandemic and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the deputy chief highlighted the importance of the UN’s strategic partnership with the EU. “It is a critical moment f...

[links to sources at this URL] Planning documents for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit shed new light on the agenda behind the controversial food summit that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are boycotting. The groups say agribusiness interests and elite foundations are dominating the process to push through an agenda that would enable the exploitation of global food systems, and especially Africa. The documents, including a background paper prepared for summit dialogue...

Ireland's total contribution to the FA of the UN, which leads international efforts to defeat hunger, was €26 million from 2014 to 2020.

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