FAO Job: Urban Agrifood Systems Coordinator

The incumbent brings expertise in urban agrifood systems and experience of taking a systematic approach to address urban agrifood challenges with awareness of the broad range of technical issues relevant to urban and/or through the urban rural continuum, such as urban agriculture, urban forestry, waste management and ecosystem services

Closure Date: 10/Jun/2024, 2:59:00 PM
Job Type: Staff position
Type of Requisition: Professional
Primary Location: Italy-Rome

The position is located at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, in the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) of the Economic and Social Development Stream. The Division provides strategic leadership for FAO’s support to Member Nations in the development of more sustainable agrifood systems. Working in close coordination with other technical units at headquarters and the Decentralized Offices, the Division is tasked with integrating FAO’s scientific and economic analyses to provide improved policy guidance and targeted investment in agrifood systems. Bringing together FAO’s longstanding experience and capacities in strengthening food safety systems and quality control with its technical support to Member Nations in the areas of value chain development, agroindustry and agribusiness enterprise development, urban food systems and food loss and waste, the Division integrates and extends food systems support across the Organization.

ESF leads “Achieving Sustainable Urban Food Systems”, one of the FAO’s 20 Programme Priority Areas (PPAs) of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, which involves multidisciplinary collaboration across headquarters units, FAO Regional and Country Offices. In collaboration with external partners, the programme aims to empower national and local governments and partners to deliver transformative change in agrifood systems along the rural-urban continuum, leading to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban and peri-urban agrifood systems. This programme addresses urban poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, while promoting healthy diets and fostering inclusive and sustainable rural transformation, promoted through the adoption of supportive policies and programmes, and the initiation and scaling-up of actions and investments by national and local stakeholders.

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