This study investigates the determinants of farmers’ crop choice decisions, crop area diversification, and income diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative panel data for Nigeria and Uganda.

En la nueva Constitución, Ecuador incluyó la soberanía alimentaria entre los derechos del buen vivir; es decir, colocó la cuestión agroalimentaria en un horizonte alternativo al régimen alimentario corporativo, priorizando la garantía del derecho universal a la alimentación. De esta forma, se ha planteado la centralidad de los sistemas alimentarios...

Cada año se celebra el Día Internacional de la Mujer Rural el 15 de octubre, fecha establecida en el 2007 por la Asamblea de las Naciones Unidas para reconocer a la “la función y contribución decisivas de la mujer rural, incluida la mujer indígena, en la promoción del desarrollo agrícola y rural,...

Deep rooted problems, great expectations: can the ministerial declaration and regional plan of action signed recently in Malta turn the tide of fortune for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea?

Montenegro is looking to strengthen the links between agriculture, food and tourism, uniting its mesmerising coastline and spectacular mountains with its traditional foods – ranging from speciality cheeses and cured hams to bitter greens and crisp wines. As part of this agritourism push, at the end of June a Montenegrin delegation...

In May 2017, following decades of civil war and political upheaval, coupled with persistent and worsening drought effects, nearly half of the Somali population (6.7 million people) faced acute food insecurity. With one of the least-developed fisheries sectors – averaging one per cent of the county’s annual gross domestic product...

A survey among seafood professionals, while revealing gender inequalities across the seafood industry in most countries, also provides pointers for positive change.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing an increasing role in addressing problems faced by agriculture. The challenges faced by agriculture from climate change alone are enormous and the need for the farming communities to adapt and become resilient is key to feeding the world’s growing population. Harnessing the growth...

An invaluable opportunity for a more sustainable and fair BfT fishery

Sur requête du Gouvernement du Bénin, la FAO a apporté un appui à l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre du projet TCP/BEN/3503 « Appui à la Professionnalisation de la Filière d’Elevage Cunicole au Sud-Bénin - APFECS ». Ce projet vise entre autres l’intensification et la modernisation des systèmes d’élevage de...

To help guide future policy work in the areas of food security, agriculture, rural livelihoods and integrated water resources planning, FAO Land and Water Division (CBL) and GWP Technical Committee (TEC) initiated a multi-phase effort. The first phase of this effort was about understanding the migration phenomena from this particular...

The ‘Santiago de Compostela Declaration for Equal Opportunities in the Fishing Sector and Aquaculture’ was approved at the end of the opening day of the First International Conference of Women in Fisheries 5-7 November 2018. Held in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of northwest Spain’s Galicia region, the meeting was...

Digital innovation holds the potential to unlock employment opportunities, bridge the rural divide and empower youth and women to access information, technology and markets. FAO Digital Innovation aims to harness the power of digital technologies to incubate, accelerate and scale up new solutions to global challenges to food and agriculture.

Fall Armyworm could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia as the invasive crop-eating pest is highly likely to spread further from India, with South East Asia and South China most at risk, FAO warned today. Recently detected in India - the first time it...

In order to investigate the practices of goat breeding and establish a classification of goat herds, a survey was conducted with 106 goat breeders in the semi-arid region of Laghouat. Two indigenous breeds were encountered in this survey: the Arabia and the Mekatia; the Arabia being found as the dominant....

Currently, there are still 815 million people who do not have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, particularly among the most vulnerable in fragile countries. Hunger and undernutrition affect not just the individual; they also impose a serious economic burden on communities and the sustainable development of countries as...

Lake Chapala is the second largest lake in Mexico, and fishing has been an important economic activity in the region for hundreds of years. From colonial times to the 19th century, there was a high regional demand for fish, thanks to the region’s abundant native species. The introduction of carp...

Drought affects more people than any other type of natural disaster and is the most damaging to livelihoods, especially in developing countries. Recent trends indicate that droughts are increasing in magnitude and severity, affecting livelihoods and food security, and generating losses that may be felt well beyond drought-affected areas. Monitoring crop...

This video shows the recent progress of the activities of the ORM4Soil Ghana Team in the field. Farmers from around the study area of Kade were invited to inspect the results of the trials which they had contributed to design in the beginning of the study. The importance of organic...

After our first attempt at growing potatoes last year, it was pretty obvious that we'd need to increase the size of our crop if we'd ever hoped to become fully food-self-sufficient. So we built a much larger Ruth Stout garden, and now check out this year's harvest!