Held Under the Patronage of H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)
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Explore a programme of international workshops at Global Food Week, delivered in collaboration with leading world organisations.
The program will focus over its three days on diagnosing the epidemiological situation, building institutional capacities, leading to the formulation of a unified practical framework that ensures the sustainability of technical and trade cooperation between the two regions, which enhances the position of the Regional Office as a key player in securing supply chains.
Young people are essential to transforming global agrifood systems, which employ around 44% of working youth worldwide. However, many—particularly rural youth and young women—continue to face barriers to education, finance, technology, land and decent employment.
FAO recognizes youth as active partners and drivers of change. Following the success of the first YALAFAST cohort in 2025, the programme will expand into an international cohort at the Global Food Security Summit in the UAE. It will bring together emerging youth leaders from diverse regions and backgrounds to develop leadership skills, exchange knowledge, build global networks and advance innovative, locally grounded solutions for more inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
The FAO Policy Majlis, convened during Global Food Week in Abu Dhabi, will provide a focused and practical platform for policy dialogue on agrifood systems transformation in the Near East and North Africa. Taking place on 7 and 8 October 2026, the two-day event will bring together technical experts, youth representatives, researchers, innovators, financing partners and private sector stakeholders to exchange perspectives on the region’s priority policy challenges, emerging solutions and investment needs.
The dialogue will aim to identify actionable pathways towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems. The event will focus on the region’s agrifood systems challenges; the enabling role of science, technology and innovation; youth engagement and entrepreneurship; and the financing and investment landscape required to support implementation at scale. Discussions will draw on FAO’s regional priorities and technical work, including rural transformation and inclusive value chains, food security and healthy diets, water scarcity and climate action, and resilience to multiple shocks.
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