Historically, Brazil was a significant cocoa producer, primarily in the Amazon region, but since the 1970s, cocoa production became increasingly replaced by extensive livestock farming. What production remained, was halted by a fungal epidemic, resulting in Brazil becoming a net importer of cocoa beans. Thanks to recent sustainable development programmes...

Animal species play a crucial role in the systems that provide our drinking water and support our health. However, interventions to promote water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) often overlook the needs and impacts of animals on these systems. Hence, this policy brief proposes pathways to help WASH policymakers, practitioners, and researchers...

Final Declaration of the VIII Global Conference Family Farming: Sustainability of our planet, organized by the WRF  "Sowing sustainability: Scaling up the vital contribution of Family Farming"

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission), at its Seventeenth Regular Session, requested to prepare a survey of existing legislative, administrative and policy approaches, including best practices, for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for the different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) and traditional knowledge...

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033 provides a comprehensive analysis of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional, and global levels. The Outlook has been produced jointly by the OECD and FAO for 20 years, in collaboration with their Members and international commodity organisations. It serves...

Representantes de todos los países de la Región participaron in situ en la ceremonia de apertura en Guyana. La 38 Conferencia Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) comenzó hoy en Georgetown, Guyana, con la presencia de Ministros y Viceministros de todos los...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a long-lived potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance that has been accumulating in the atmosphere since the preindustrial period. The mole fraction of atmospheric N2O has increased by nearly 25 % from 270 ppb (parts per billion) in 1750 to 336 ppb in 2022, with the fastest annual growth rate since 1980...

Rural out-migration is changing agrarian political economies and natural resource governance worldwide, and gender and social relations play an important mediating role. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of rural out-migration on collective action in farmer-managed irrigation systems, with a particular focus on household structure and...

At the just concluded smart projector training to make natural farming accessible in rural areas, five newly selected Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) teams from Madhya Pradesh, India, were equipped with digital and entrepreneurial tools and skills for running a business from bringing training videos to farmers using a smart...

Parliamentary action is critical to securing the right to adequate food and transforming food systems that deliver healthy diets for all. Food security and nutrition indicators tend to show significant improvement when there is strong political will informing public policies and programmes anchored in legislation. FAO, through its Partnerships and...

Innovation is essential for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also an important accelerator for the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems and for achieving global goals such as the eradication of hunger and poverty and the sustainable...

Euromontana kicks off the year with the publication of its annual booklet of good practices for sustainable mountain development. This publication showcases 10 inspiring initiatives from across Europe (EU and non-EU) collected by Euromontana throughout 2023 to promote initiatives that drive sustainable change in mountain areas. The booklet covers key issues for...

Desde 2014, la FAO ha desempeñado un papel de liderazgo para facilitar el dialogo mundial y regional sobre agroecología, a través de nueve reuniones regionales e internacionales con múltiples partes interesadas, reuniendo a más de 2.100 participantes de 170 países. Estas reuniones ayudaron a identificar necesidades y prioridades para ampliar...

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...

El presidente de la República, Luis Lacalle Pou, participó del lanzamiento del Plan Nacional de Agricultura Familiar 2024-2028, que establece un marco de acción para su desarrollo. La agricultura familiar crea el 29% del empleo que genera el agro y aporta el 15% del valor bruto de este sector. El...

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are heavily affected by climatic changes. Investigating local understandings of climate change impacts, and their patterned distribution, is essential to effectively support monitoring and adaptation strategies. In this study, we aimed to understand the consistency in climate change impact reports and factors influencing consistency at...

El Curso "Cacao Climáticamente Inteligente", es un esfuerzo compartido entre el Proyecto Cacao Climáticamente Inteligente y FAO Ecuador. La Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente implementada en sistemas agroforestales con cacao proporcionan una variedad de productos más allá del cacao (frutas, medicinas, madera), conservan la biodiversidad, mejoran la calidad del suelo, la fertilidad, el ciclo...

Dans cet entretien publié par NewAfrican, l’économiste et chercheur-diplomate Pierre Jaquemot, également président du Groupe Initiatives, évoque les échecs des politiques de sécurité alimentaire conduites par les gouvernements africains depuis une quinzaine d’années et dénonce le désintérêt de la plupart des États envers les questions agricoles, alimentaires et nutritionnelles. Il...

Los suelos son un recurso vital para la agricultura y la vida en el planeta. Albergan la diversidad que da origen a los heterogéneos paisajes productivos que posicionan a América Latina y el Caribe como un aliado estratégico para la producción mundial de alimentos. Asimismo, son un recurso productivo que...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, refugees are located in fragile arid areas. Despite many challenges, there are opportunities to shift from a ‘land degradation’ narrative to one based on ‘land restorationand resilience’, by enhancing the knowledge and skills of both refugee and host communities in a range of gender-responsive, regenerative and circular...