Screening for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems ​

This course focuses on the screening phase of the investment assessment process, explaining the importance of screening and due diligence as key policy tools for governments aiming to attract, promote, and regulate responsible investment in agriculture and food systems. The course provides practical guidance on designing and implementing a screening process and addresses common barriers to its uptake and successful implementation, ensuring that screening becomes an effective mechanism for promoting responsible investments

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the world’s highest number of people in acute food insecurity. Without urgent assistance, about one-quarter of the population is projected to be in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) by June 2025, with 80 percent residing in rural areas. The country also has the second-highest number of internally displaced people in Africa, primarily due to armed conflict in the eastern provinces. FAO's emergency agricultural interventions provide cost‑effective solutions for vulnerable communities to quickly produce nutritious food. For example, with just 50 g of quality seeds, a household can harvest up to 250 kg of vegetables in just four weeks, worth USD 480

Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment

The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) contributes to FAO's aspirations that focus on how the work for a better environment can contribute to better production, better nutrition and better livelihoods. OCB supports the work of FAO to assist countries and stakeholders in responding to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, keeping food and agriculture sustainability high on the agenda through FAO’s seven core functions:develop and implement normative and standard-setting instruments;improve access to data and information;facilitate, promote and support policy dialogue;support capacity development at country and regional level;improve the uptake of knowledge, technologies and good practices;facilitate partnerships;advocate and communicate at national, regional and global level.Working through five workstreams, OCB leads FAO’s work under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and hosts FAO units liaising with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). It works in coordination with other multilateral environmental agreements and action plans, and supported by OCB’s Youth and Gender groups, mainstreams gender and the involvement of youth in FAO’s strategies related to the sustainable use, management and conservation of natural resources for food and agriculture