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🌟Check out these currently open FAO vacancies in the field of human resources. Human Resources Officer (Staff Wellbeing and Programme Support) (2402860) Location: Italy-Rome Closure Date: 03/Oct/2024, 11:59:00 PM Apply: https://lnkd.in/dh5BKgY4 Human Resources Assistant (Onboarding and Separation) (2402968) Location: Hungary-Budapest Closure Date: 07/Oct/2024, 11:59:00 PM Apply: https://lnkd.in/dxeEv4y6 National HR & Travel Assistant (2402782) Location: Iraq Closure Date: 09/Oct/2024, 11:59:00 PM Apply: https://lnkd.in/dcxVnQkZ Human Resources Specialist (2403016) Location: Ukraine-Kyiv Closure Date: 11/Oct/2024, 11:59:00 PM Apply: https://lnkd.in/dNtfPv2Z Human Resources Specialist (Internal Surge for FAO Personnel Only) (2402978) Location: Various Locations Closure Date: 21/Oct/2024, 11:59:00 PM Apply: https://lnkd.in/dWjK3tz4 Apply, tag, repost, share and like! #UNJobs #faoJobs #HRJobs

From making nutritious and sustainable food choices to giving a helping hand to those in need, each of us can learn how to take action for the right to foods for a better life and a better future.   What is your action? 👇   #WorldFoodDay #RightToFood

📣 Registrations for 2024 #WorldFoodForum flagship event are still open!   This year we will focus on #GoodFoodForAll, for today and tomorrow. Be part of the change towards a better food future 🌏   🗓 14-18 October 2024 📍 FAO HQ, Rome & virtually 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8vdfU-e

يتحدث يوم الغذاء العالمي هذا العام عن الأغذية. يجب أن يكون لدى الجميع إمكانية الوصول إلى ما يكفي من الأطعمة 🥦 المغذية 🍎 الآمنة 🍇 المستدامة 🥔 بأسعار معقولة لأن #الحق_في_الغذاء هو حق إنساني لكل شخص في كل مكان. #يوم_الأغذية_العالمي

Women farmers play a decisive role in rural communities and contribute to a more sustainable, and food-secure world, declared the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, at a high-level event today.   Speaking on the sidelines of the 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (#COAG29), he emphasized the urgent need to empower women and girls in agriculture.   The event focused on preparations for the upcoming International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026 which will serve as a global platform to recognize the contributions of women in agriculture, while driving policy changes to ensure their full participation in sustainable development.   Qu said that global efforts “cannot only be for a year, but rather for a decade, a lifelong commitment”.   https://lnkd.in/gV4-3Ywb   #IYWF2026 #LetsGrowEquality #SDGS #4Betters #SDG5

From Africa to the Caribbean, international cooperation is key to preventing plant health threats that could impact global food security. See how FAO and partners are working together to safeguard crops worldwide. Read more: https://bit.ly/4dHVcs9 #PlantHealth

The 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (#COAG29) opened today at FAO headquarters in Rome, seeking to address the urgent need to transform agrifood systems amid persistently high global hunger figures and mounting challenges.   As a governing body of FAO, COAG provides guidance on agriculture-related policies, reviews global agricultural issues and trends, and advises on emerging topics. Its key roles include providing technical advice on matters related to crops, livestock, food safety, nutrition, rural development, natural resource management and other interconnected issues.   With just six years left to achieve the #2030Agenda and its #SDGs, food insecurity around the world remains a major concern. Hunger affected more than 730 million people in 2023, and about 2.8 billion people continued to be unable to afford a healthy diet.   “As we meet today, we are reminded that our agrifood systems are facing huge challenges,” the Director-General said. “But we must also remember that there are huge opportunities ahead of us.”   More: https://lnkd.in/dDZ8vM-Y

Food brings us together. It is a universal principle of life that we should all have access to enough, nutritious, diverse, affordable and safe foods. Every day, for everyone, everywhere. #WorldFoodDay #RightToFood

FAO underlined the need for more investment in a #BlueTransformation enabling aquatic foods to play a greater role in ending global hunger and poverty. The call came as FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero presented the findings of a key FAO report on fisheries and aquaculture to agriculture ministers from the G7 countries. The flagship State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2024 report found that world fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time. But among the issues Torero highlighted was that just to ensure that the consumption of aquatic animal foods in 2050 is maintained at current levels, given that the world’s population is projected to increase to 9.7 billion by then, the the global supply would require a 22% rise. Also, consumption rates and future population growth differs between regions. In Africa, for example, a 74% increase in aquatic food supply would be needed to keep up with current per capita consumption rates. Bringing Africa consumption rates to today’s global average of 20.7 kg per person in 2050, would require a 285% growth in aquatic animal provision. https://lnkd.in/dvhnJhzq #SOFIA2024

Invasive alien species are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss in the 🌍 Invasive pest outbreaks specifically can cause great destruction to forests & trees with serious repercussions on human health. Protecting #PlantHealth means protecting life!