Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global agricultural surface. 50%-80% of this food, depending on the country and region, is produced by women.  SWISSAID and partners launched a qualitative...

Agroecological approaches have evolved to offer a set of guiding principles that can help transform our food systems to create a more socially just, diverse, holistic and sustainable food system that better respects and benefits cultures, the environment and people engaged at every level of the system. Agroecological approaches are anchored in...

On the occasion of World Food Day 2021, the World Future Council and the Pesticide Action Network Asia and Pacific are organizing the webinar ‘’Policies for Sustainable and Healthy Agri-Food Systems’’ on 19 October 2021 at 15:00 CEST. This online event is dedicated to discuss impactful policies that scale up agroecology...

The objective of this study, commissioned by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and SDRR, is to analyse the status of and future needs for information and communication systems of private and government organizations in the national agricultural research system and its relevant partners with respect to agro-ecological and organic...

This document provides an update on the project: "Support for Capacity-Building Activities at the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries Training Center on Sustainable Family Agriculture and Agroecology" implemented by FAO and Actuar.

On April 7, 2021, the activities of the Training Centre for Sustainable Family Farming in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CCAFS) began with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge to strengthen agroecology in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and train trainers to build resilient food systems.  The physical structure of...