There is an enormous backlash against animal farming. But from the perspective of food security and agroecology, a world without livestock is hardly feasible. Our author maintains that, instead of demonising the sector because of its negative environmental impact, one should look to pastoralists to see how livestock systems can...

À travers cette nouvelle série de podcasts, le groupe URD se penche sur la notion de famine. Un mot qui a marqué l’histoire et laisse en mémoire des images chocs de certaines grandes famines médiatisées comme au Soudan du Sud ou en Somalie. Et qui malheureusement revient aujourd’hui sur le...

This third United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) synergy brief focuses on the joint UNCCD - FAO work on the integration of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure on Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of national food security (VGGT) into the implementation of the UNCCD...

W ildfires have raged across the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya this year. The Indian state of Uttarakhand lost over 1,500 hectares of forest while Nepal saw hundreds of forest fires in March and over a thousand in April. As frightening and destructive as these fires have been, for over 10,000 years, everywhere from the Central...

Fishing gear is a major contributor to marine litter. ‘Ghost nets’ is the informal term for what is formally called Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG). These continue to catch both target and non-target species. They pose risk to boat operations; damage coral reefs and the seabed; and...

El tema del Día Internacional de los Bosques de este año: “Bosques e innovación: Nuevas soluciones para un mundo mejor”, es quizá deliberadamente provocador: el sector forestal no está considerado como uno de los más innovadores del mundo. De hecho, muchos lo consideran más bien conservador y opaco.  Pero ya es hora...

Les Perspectives agricoles de l’OCDE et de la FAO 2024-2033 contiennent une évaluation consensuelle de ce que pourrait être l’évolution, sur les dix ans à venir, des marchés des produits agricoles, halieutiques et aquacoles. L’édition de cette année met au jour des tendances majeures. Les économies émergentes exerceront une influence déterminante...

Au printemps 2024, le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'Onu créera un nouveau groupe d'experts chargé de promouvoir et de surveiller les droits des paysannes et des paysans dans le but de faciliter la sensibilisation mondiale des autorités et de la société civile aux défis de la production alimentaire...

On a rainy day in August, when the availability of fisheries resources is high in the Teesta river here, Bimal Das returned from a four-hour fishing trip with only three kg of fish. While sorting the fish from the ice slabs, a dejected Das contemplated quitting fishing to looking for...

This study explores how livelihood assets, strategies for accessing the assets, and enabling and discouraging factors in the value chain shapes the inclusion of women and youth in on-farm, off-farm and non-farm activities. It is based on the Safeguarding Sahelian Wetlands for Food Security (SaWeL) program that aims to make...

This practitioner case study collection is collated from FFCC’s action research into the Multifunctional Land Use Framework (MLUF) during our pilot testing process in Devon and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. These case studies show everyday examples of existing activities that demonstrate components of a Multifunctional Land Use Framework (MLUF)...

Le sol n’est pas qu’un simple support : il doit être en bonne santé pour que les activités agricoles puissent s’installer et perdurer. En Côte d’Ivoire, le ministère de l’agriculture a rassemblé agriculteurs, décideurs politiques et scientifiques autour d’actions pratiques pour assurer la durabilité des sols des paysages forestiers en...

Agroecology and organic agriculture have the potential to facilitate the transition towards inclusive, healthy and sustainable food systems. An increasing number of high-level experts find the evidence for agroecology and organic agriculture compelling, and farmers worldwide have shown it is possible: 30 percent of farms have transitioned to agroecology, and...

Agroforestry is a multifunctional land-use system that integrates woody vegetation with crops and animal production, which can improve the resilience of yields and livelihoods and contribute significantly to environmental sustainability. This policy brief has been compiled by Agroforestry Network and its partner organizations in solidarity with Ukraine. The policy brief highlights seven reasons...

It’s easy to paint farming as a fringe issue. A tiny proportion of the voting public have a direct tie to agriculture. Most voters won’t make up their minds based on parties’ plans for the future of the farm support budget (for England a little over 1% of what the government spends...

Les forêts d’Afrique centrale sont au cœur d’une crise environnementale mondiale dont l’urgence ne cesse d’augmenter. Cet écosystème est gravement menacé par la déforestation, la dégradation et le changement climatique. Le Forum hybride de l’OFAC a réuni plus de 700 experts, praticiens et décideurs publics à Bonn et en ligne....

New African Society (NAS), a youth-led Sierra Leone-based organization, is working for the development of self-sufficient communities to alleviate generations of poverty within the country. The organization offers services that promote the advancement of agricultural projects within the region, seeking to remedy a lack of opportunity for socioeconomic mobility and...

Key messages The environment’s proper functioning is essential for a better life on Earth, including maintaining, enhancing, and restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services. On the one hand, the environment is driven by external factors and shocks as well as interventions within the global food system. On the other hand, simultaneously, it...

El Curso “Acciones de mitigación para una ganadería climáticamente inteligente (NAMA)” se realiza dentro del Paquete de Fomento de la Acción Climática (CAEP) del NDC Partnership impulsado por la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe y con apoyo de la iniciativa de la utilización de...

Recent shocks – from COVID-19 supply disruptions to 2022’s record food prices – have revealed huge cracks in global industrial food chains, and shattered any remaining illusions about their ability to deliver food security in a crisis-prone world.  Persistent crises have also underscored the importance of resilient close-to-home ‘territorial’ markets that feed...