One Health in agrifood systems is everyone’s health, everyone’s responsibility and everyone’s action 

 FAO headquarters, Rome (Italy) | 21-23 September 2026

The FAO Global Conference will bring together global leaders, technical experts, partners and stakeholders to accelerate the practical application of One Health across agrifood systems.

One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems.

Agrifood systems are complex socio-ecological systems shaped by interactions among plants, animals, microorganisms, people and the environments they share. From a One Health perspective, the health of soils, water, ecosystems, plants, animals and humans is deeply interconnected. These interconnected domains ultimately influence food safety, nutrition and the resilience of agrifood systems.

As climate change, biodiversity loss, emerging diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food safety risks and environmental degradation increasingly threaten food security and livelihoods, the conference will position One Health as a unifying, systems-based approach to strengthen resilience and prevent crises before they emerge.

Key themes

• Integrating One Health into agrifood policies and investments.
• Strengthening multisectoral collaboration across agriculture, environment, health, finance and urban sectors.
• Promoting innovation, science and local knowledge to improve risk prevention, surveillance and sustainable resource management.
• Mobilizing investment and partnerships to translate commitments into measurable action.

Major outcomes

• A shared global vision and priority actions for implementing the One Health in agrifood systems framework.
• Identification of investment opportunities to support country-level implementation.
• Launch of the One Health knowledge and intelligence hub.

The conference will catalyze coordinated, inclusive and action-oriented efforts to build healthier people, animals, plants, ecosystems, and more resilient agrifood systems for all.