This report provides guiding principles and actionable recommendations for policymakers to improve Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in urban and peri-urban areas by reorienting their food systems towards better nutrition, environmental sustainability and agency. In an era in which almost 80 percent of the global population resides in urban and peri-urban ...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of diverse food webs. It documents their critical contributions to sustaining producer livelihoods, ensuring access to healthy food for the poorest populations, sustaining cultures and communities, and keeping people fed in the face of shocks. The report urges governments to reinvest in local and...

The FAO welcomes the resolution adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer as an opportunity to highlight the importance of social protection in reducing gender inequalities and empowering rural women in agrifood systems. The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 will...

This article explores how enhancing women's roles in livestock production can significantly contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 5, which aims at achieving gender equality and empowering women. In developing countries, women constitute a large part of the agricultural labor force, particularly in small-scale livestock farming, which can alleviate poverty and...

En Afrique de l’Ouest, comme partout dans le monde, les agricultrices et agriculteurs sont les premiers à observer les effets du changement climatique dans leurs exploitations. Pour faire face aux aléas grandissants de la météo, l'intensification écologique et l’agro-écologie sont devenues des alternatives incontournables pour améliorer et rendre l’agriculture plus résiliente.  Dans...

This blog article by Ayana Curran-Howes and Nils McCune from the UVM Institute for Agroecology explore what agroecology represents to the millions of workers that produce the food that humans eat. What kind of liberation does agroecology represent for workers? We lay out three key areas for inquiry into an emerging critical theme: agroecology and the...