Flagship Projects

Virtual registrations for the New Zealand Agriculture and Climate Change Conference are open! Join us online for the New Zealand Agriculture and Climate Change Conference, 3rd - 4th December 2024! This key event will bring together industry leaders, experts, and  researchers to share insights on the most pressing issues at the intersection of agriculture and […]

Please note that there is no registration required for this event.  You can follow the Symposium live on the WTO YouTube Channel by clicking on the electronic links in the attached program. This is an interactive event and we encourage you to send your questions to the various panels at [email protected]. 

Join us as Louis Schipper and Owen Fenton discuss the challenges of managing soil carbon on agricultural peatlands. A surprisingly high share of New Zealand's carbon dioxide emissions comes from a tiny proportion of soil - peat bogs that have been drained to support productive agriculture. Estimates indicate that drained peatlands in New Zealand (<1% […]

Launch of the FAO Report "Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agrifood Systems" Explore key findings, solutions for efficiency, & the updated #FAOSTAT nitrogen database. Register Here

The Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) meets at least biennially to provide for continuous exchange of information, cooperative planning, and periodic review of all phases of rice research and extension being carried out by the states, federal government, and cooperating agencies. It develops proposals for future work, which are suggested to the participating agencies for […]

Please note that there is no registration required for this event.  You can follow the event live on the WTO YouTube Channel and visit our Webpage WTO | Trade Dialogues on Food. Please click for our Catalogue of Trade Dialogues on Food and Big Take-Aways Volume I and Volume II. Remember: You can send your questions to [email protected] either before or during the dialogue.  We […]

The OECD is holding a webinar on the Spanish ECOGAN tool for farm-level GHG calculations on Tuesday 18 February, from 4pm-5pm Paris time. In 2023-2024, OECD work explored the building blocks needed for measuring carbon footprints of agri-food products. On 24 February, they will publish their report Measuring Carbon Footprints of Agri-Food Products, which discusses the eight building […]