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Wearable Food Waste – A Transformative & Innovative Approach
10/10/2023
World Food Forum, FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and Bites of Transfoodmation (BoT) are inviting you to a veritable feast for the senses and the intellect, making it an absolute must-attend for anyone invested in the future of our planet and our wardrobes.
World Food Forum 2023 flagship event concludes with enhanced commitments to transform agrifood systems
20/10/2023
Youth engagement, investment and science and innovation at the fore of a series of week-long events.
Government of Ireland joins World Food Forum to sponsor 100 young leaders from Around the World
27/09/2023
The World Food Forum (WFF) is proud to announce our collaboration with the Government of Ireland to ensure diversity and inclusion for youth attendees at the 2023 WFF flagship event.
World Food Forum Announces 2023 Theme: Food Action accelerates Climate Action.
08/03/2023
World Food Forum Announces 2023 Theme: Food Action accelerates Climate Action.
World Food Forum opens with a call to accelerate climate action by transforming agrifood systems
16/10/2023
Leveraging the power of youth, investment and innovation, the week-long event aims to forge new paths towards a more sustainable, resilient, inclusive and hunger-free future.
World Food Forum Young Scientists Group Publishes Report to Empower Young People for a Sustainable Future
02/05/2023
Opportunities and Barriers for Advancing Agri food Systems: Empowering Young People for a Sustainable Future.
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Meet our Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) 2023 winners
29/11/2023
Innovative researchers took center stage at the World Food Forum 2023, where the third edition of the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded.
Meet Our 2023 Startup Innovation Awards Winners
30/11/2023
Young entrepreneurs were celebrated at the center stage of the World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards 2023.
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2023 Startup Innovation Awards (SIA) Finalists Announcement
12/09/2023
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), selected the eight finalists for the 2023 edition.
2023 Semifinalists Selected for WFF Startup Innovation Awards
02/08/2023
Congratulations to the 34 semi-finalists of The WFF Startup Innovation Awards
Young Insights: Ines Lario de Miguel
28/11/2023
Empowering the future at FAO: An unforgettable experience meeting world leaders
Unleashing young voices: Youth reporters take the spotlight at the World Food Forum flagship event
22/11/2023
The Education Track not only allowed the young reporters to brush shoulders with leaders but also provided a platform for them to share their own visions for a sustainable future.
Youth Food Lab: from idea to implementation
23/11/2023
The Youth Food Lab teams graced the main stage of the World Food Forum in Rome.
Youth, innovators, and policymakers from Asia-Pacific join the World Food Forum 2023 to step-up actions for food system transformation
13/11/2023
Young people from Asia and the Pacific converged at the FAO headquarters in Rome from 16-20 October for the World Food Forum while hundreds more joined the forum virtually to inspire individual and collective actions for agrifood system transformation.
Register Now for the First-Ever WFF 2k Run
05/10/2023
The World Food Forum is happy to announce that this year we will be organizing a 2K run on 15 October 2023 in Rome.
Altar to Dionysus by David Allen Burns and Austin Young | Fallen Fruit
15/10/2023
This photographic animated artwork projected on the iconic FAO building was inspired by a visit to an ancient temple and vineyard at an archeological site on Mt. Vesuvius near Somma Vesuviana.
DATA4IMPACT by Francesca Rossi Minelli | XAARCHIVE
15/10/2023
This site-specific video mapping installation by XAARCHIVE embraces the main facade of the FAO, transforming it into a stage for data and creativity.
Rainy Silver Clouds by Chiara Ventura
15/10/2023
Chiara Ventura's site-specific art installation in the FAO cafeteria is composed of emergency bags, typically used for storing and supplying water in special conditions to bring awareness to water waste
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On the rocks (Unearthing Life) by Marco Cesari
15/10/2023
This year’s atrium centerpiece consists of a Ginseng Bonsai, or ficus microcarpa, nurtured and grown by the artist over the past two years in such a way that its roots have developed and clung to the underlying volcanic rock, adapting to its irregularities.