We have just hit the half year mark & we have already used up all the natural resources that the 🌎 can regenerate during 2022.
Many are used to produce the food we never eat.
Everyone can do something to make #NotWasting a way of life & help #MoveTheDate!
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Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible in...
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🍲food production
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🌦️climate change adaptation
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Working with scientists & smallholder farmers around the world, & are contributing to make an effective & efficient use of soil, water & fertilizer.
See how we are using science to improve lives & livelihoods.
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Before food reaches our plates, it travels a long way.
And every stage of that journey makes up our agrifood systems.
But what are agrifood systems?
Watch to find out 👇
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Producing more with less while also looking after our planet may seem like a tall order, but it's possible!
#Aquaponics is a great example, with water serving a dual purpose:
🌾 crop cultivation
🐟 fish production
Learn more about this practice 👉bit.ly/2WaN3FX
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We can’t address any of the challenges we face today without empowered women & girls.
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#SoilFertility is the ability to sustain plant growth by providing essential nutrients and favorable chemical, physical, and biological characteristics🌱
Learn more about soil fertility 👉bit.ly/3POzXsQ
#Soils4Nutrition
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Thanks to everyone who voted!
The correct answer is: All of the above.
Urban trees make cities greener, healthier and happier places to live!
Remember to head for the nearest trees if you're looking to #BeatTheHeat!
#GreenCities #HeatWave
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Building enabling policy environments for artisanal fishers, fish farmers & fish workers means:
⚖️ including them in decision-making
📜 using traditional knowledge & voices to shape policies
📊 leveraging data
There's more governments can do: bit.ly/3N38thO
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Soil is the basis of all life on 🌎 - it is where nutritious food begins. Soil health is the foundation of sustainable #FoodSystems and food security for all.
The Global Symposium on #Soils4Nutrition by is happening now.
Find out more: bit.ly/3S0L5F1
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Sustainable wood is:
🌱 renewable
♻️ recyclable
🌍 climate friendly
🏘️ incredibly versatile
Find out how it can help people & the planet in this opinion piece by ’s and
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Agenda 2030 paints a picture of what our future could & should look like.
The #SDGs are ambitious & we can only achieve them by working together.
#SDG17 is a reminder of this.
#GlobalGoals
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Smallholder farmers are among those most vulnerable to disasters & some disasters are predictable.
Combining #AnticipatoryAction & #SocialProtection can help us to mitigate the impacts of disasters.
So instead of reacting to disasters, we can protect communities ahead of time.
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#DYK that 9⃣5⃣% of our food comes from #soils?
🤎Learn more about the relationship between healthy soils and healthy food 👉 bit.ly/3POzXsQ
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Take a minute to think about our oceans...
🌊Oceans act as the largest carbon sink in the 🌍
🌊Oceans host 80% of life on the 🌍
🌊Oceans provide half of the 🌍’s oxygen
The health of our oceans affects us all.
Let's act to #SaveOurOcean 👇
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Did you know that climate change also affects #FoodSafety?
Discover how rising temperatures threaten the production of safe food 👇
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FAO works on sustainable agrifood systems transformation for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.
Want to join us?
Check out our current vacancies 👉bit.ly/3pnIdVQ
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Globally Important #AgriculturalHeritage Systems are outstanding agricultural landscapes that combine 👇
🔸Traditional knowledge
🔹Biodiversity
🔸Resilient ecosystems
🔹Valuable cultural heritage
📽️Watch to learn more👇🏼
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As many as 828 million people are hungry in the world.
’s interactive story puts this number into context to help you understand what it really means.
Read the 'Tale of empty plates' & take action 👉bit.ly/3yFNSL9
#SOFI2022
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Soils host a 1/4 of our planet's biodiversity & 95% of our food comes from them.
Yet, soil pollution threatens this.
It reduces #soils’ biodiversity, weakening the soil structure & its ability to resist erosion.
7 things you can do to protect our soils👇
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With current agricultural practices eroding soils up to 100x faster than nature can replenish, gov'ts are turning to #nuclearscience for innovative solutions. This week, w/ we're bringing climate-smart agriculture into the spotlight. 👉 bit.ly/3okS0uX #Atoms4Climate
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The severe #DroughtInSomalia is causing irreversible losses and threatening lives and livelihoods.
Watch how , with support from , is helping drought-affected people like Abdi to protect their livelihoods and stay in their home 👇
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Soils are the main source of the nutrients we need to grow and survive!
🤎🌱 Discover more during the Global Symposium on #Soils4Nutrition that starts today!
📌 More info: bit.ly/3POzXsQ
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Mangroves provide:
🪵wood
🦀fish, crabs, clams
💊medicines
... & are essential for the nutrition & food security of millions around the world.
But they, too, have their limits.
We need to protect these vital ecosystems👉🏻 bit.ly/3iM1SL5
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2022 is the International Year of #ArtisanalFisheriesAquaculture!
It's time to give small-scale fishers, fish farmers & fish workers all around the world the attention they deserve!
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3C7UTDR
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Pollinators 🐝🦋🐞 are a fundamental part of ecosystems, critical for food production and human livelihoods and directly link wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems.🌏🐝
More facts here 👉bit.ly/3oobgrG
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Forests, wetlands, mountains & drylands:
💧 provide us with clean air & water
🐞 are home to most of the world’s biodiversity
🌦️ help to mitigate climate change
➕ & much more!
Here are 3 actions we can ALL take to help achieve #SDG15 - life on land.
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing depletes our oceans' precious resources.
💪But, our choices as consumers can make a difference to #FightIUUFishing.
🐟Sustainable fishing starts with us!
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Working with scientists & smallholder farmers around the world, & are contributing to make an effective & efficient use of soil, water & fertilizer.
See how we are using science to improve lives & livelihoods.
Learn more 👉bit.ly/3PPCtz9
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Are you ready to start an eco-food revolution? 🍅🥔 Here are some tips to eating FOR the planet!
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🧐Can you earn 5 out of 5 Bee Medals? 🏅
Bees are tiny but incredible #FoodHeroes. How much do you know about them? Test you knowledge with our bee quiz👇🏼
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Beekeeping in Yemen dates back to the 10th century, producing many varieties of delicious honey.
But conflict in the country has affected beekeepers & beekeeping.
🎥Thanks to a - project, beekeepers like Salim are producing honey again.
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Our existence depends on bees & other pollinators.
We must halt the alarming decline in pollinators by combatting👇
🔸improper use of pesticides
🔸habitat degradation
🔸unsustainable intensification of agricultural systems
🔸pests & pathogens
🔸climate change
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Our oceans.
Our future.
It’s up to each and every one of us to do SOMETHING to protect them.
3 things you can do to help protect our oceans 👇
#WorldsToDoList #SDG14 #SaveOurOcean
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Water scarcity is threatening the livelihoods of farmers in Bangladesh.
In Cox's Bazar, is promoting improved irrigation practices that use solar energy and buried pipes to conserve water and energy.
Learn more 👇
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👩🌾👨🌾Farming pulses offers youth a chance to make agriculture more sustainable & nutrition-sensitive.
Pulses can help us shape a better future of food for all👇
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How can we produce more, healthier and safer food while protecting our environment?
Biotechnologies can be part of the solution 👇
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