This seventh edition of the Global Report on Food Crises is a stinging indictment of humanity’s failure to make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 to end hunger, and achieve food security and improved nutrition for all. In fact, we are moving in the wrong direction. Conflicts and mass displacement...

From November 2021 to January 2023, throughout the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), Coast 2 Coast (C2C), a Peruvian community-based nonprofit, collaborated with rural educators and young learners from public schools, nonprofits, and social welfare centers located in inland and coastal small-scale fishing villages in Peru,...

Transformación Azul propone una producción sostenible en la acuicultura, una gestión eficaz de las pesquerías y una mejora en las cadenas de valor. Dominica, Jamaica, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, y Trinidad y Tobago participaron en la mesa que abordó esta iniciativa. Con 85 millones de personas dependiendo de los alimentos acuáticos para...

Since 2019, the Rural Inspiration Awards (RIA) have been celebrating projects that use funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to help rural areas meet the wide range of economic, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century. The RIA competition aims to increase the visibility of...

FAO’s latest forecasts point to increases in production and higher stocks across several basic foodstuffs. However, global food production systems remain vulnerable to shocks, stemming from weather conditions, geopolitical tensions and policies, potentially tipping the delicate demand-supply balances, with implications for global food security. Issued twice a year, the November issue...

As the countries of Eastern and Southern Africa level up their forest monitoring practices in line with global and regional environmental commitments such as the Paris Agreement on climate change and AFR100 on restoration, questions have arisen about what to do with the rich and comprehensive data sets being generated. The East and Southern Africa Forest...

FAO develops and promotes methods and tools for the assessment, documentation and dissemination of sustainable land management (SLM) practices and approaches. SLM is the use and management of land resources – soil, water, animals and plants – for the production of goods to meet changing human needs, while ensuring the...

Purnima Meher is a staunch advocate of women fishworkers in the coastal state of Maharashtra in India. Purnima, who was born into a fishing community, is a postgraduate in Sociology from the prestigious SNDT University, Pune, and has worked as a social activist in her home state of Maharashtra for...

A recent report by Pesticide Action Network (North America) highlights the vicious cycle of pesticide use contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, while climate change is expected to increase their application. Pesticides impact climate change throughout their lifecycle, including manufacturing, transportation, and disposal, and also lead to the production of...

Irrigation management aims at increasing food production, contributing to economic development and reducing poverty through improvements in performance, productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture and irrigation systems.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) released the report “Achieving Gender Equality at Work” in June 2023, which comprehensively analyses the progress made in promoting gender equality in workplaces globally. It identifies existing challenges and outlines recommendations for a more inclusive and equitable future. This brief report offers an overview of...

The Harmonized World Soil Database version 2.0 (HWSD v2.0) is a unique global soil inventory providing information on the morphological, chemical and physical properties of soils at approximately 1 km resolution. Its main objective is to be useful for modelers and to serve as a basis for prospective studies on...

Corinne Mngomezulu, an agroecological farmer in Ingwavuma, South Africa, holds a harvest of pearl millet. Corinne is a member of the Lindizwe Agroecology Farming Group. Agroecology farmers in Ingwavuma are reviving small grains including pearl and finger millets, which are drought tolerant and nutritious grains indigenous to Africa. These grains...

By increasing the knowledge on the role of water for rural livelihoods and adopting participatory approaches focusing on smallholder farmers, we work on building resilience, identifying adapted water technologies and promoting smart investments in water for poverty reduction.

Students learn about farming and food systems, acquire communication and facilitation skills, and become able to turn theory into action. Students also learn how to reflect and to open up to new ideas while recognizing the goals, needs and interests of their co-workers. The program is designed to develop agroecologists...

This work was part of the CGIAR Gender Platform and the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa.  A groundbreaking new research strategy identifies priorities to advance gender equality in agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for adapting and building resilience to climate change.   The newly...

In the last years, Agroecology Europe started to map agroecological initiatives in different countries or regions of Europe with the aim to support the development of agroecology in Europe, raise awareness for it and thereby strengthen agroecology in Europe. This work, namely the mapping of initiatives, writing of reports and coordination...

La demi-lune est une technique de récupération des terres encroûtées et qui a pour but de réhabiliter les sols dégradés, de conserver les eaux et de fertiliser les sols en culture pluviale.

Forest degradation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it is difficult to measure and countries need technical support to report these emissions, according to a new FAO technical paper released today. Estimating emissions and removals from forest degradation aims to guide countries seeking to report this type of emission...

Coffee has long been an important economic activity for many Indigenous Peoples in Panama. Yet the lack of economic resources, technical assistance and market integration hinders the development of sustainable businesses. Learn how an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with funding from the Japan Special Fund Poverty Reduction...