This introduction will bring in the most critical issues affecting gender equality and explain why they are important for building inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems. Its purpose is to set the scene and provide key concepts, an overview, and key policy frameworks that will help you in the course series....

Alternative food networks (AFN) are argued to provide platforms to re-socialize and re-spacealize food, establish and contribute to democratic participation in local food chains, and foster producer–consumer relations and trust. As one of the most recent examples of AFN, Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have gained notable traction in attempting to...

Fiche technique sur le compostage du fumier pour en faire de l'engrais puissan. Le compostage rend les éléments nutritifs facilement disponibles pour les plantes. Il limite les risques d’asphyxie pour les plantes tout en évitant les risques de propagation des adventices, des ravageurs, des moisissures et des maladies.

Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (hereinafter IHH) is a global study uncovering the contributions and impacts of small-scale fisheries through a multidisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis. The study provides information that quantifies and improves understanding of the crucial role of small-scale fisheries...

Water scarcity threatens irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Knowledge of farmers’ perceptions and drivers for decision-making in view of coping with water scarcity is so far lacking but needed to improve local technologies and frame policies fostering their adoption. Here, for the first time, we investigated farmers’ perception of...

“In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger. Global food systems are broken, and billions of people are paying the price. Transforming food systems requires all hands on deck.” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations The UN Food Systems Summit+2...

Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un ejercicio piloto de caracterización de la agricultura familiar en Honduras, realizado en 2017 en el marco de la implementación del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO en el país. El estudio se llevó a cabo en en siete municipios del noroccidente de Honduras: Santa...

The course aims at facilitating the exchange of promising approaches, tools and good practices that can be used by parliamentarians and policymakers to support the design and implementation of sustainable and gender-transformative climate policies and legislations to advance gender equality and empower women and youth in the agriculture and food security sectors. This...

Ces dernières années, plusieurs organisations de la société civile au Sénégal ont accompagné le développement d’outils afin de favoriser une gestion participative et inclusive du foncier. Cette note partage les résultats, leçons et recommandations basés sur ces expériences de terrain pour une amélioration de la participation des femmes àla gouvernance...

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a grassroot agrarian movement and a state backed extension in Andhra Pradesh, and has been claimed to potentially meet the twin goals of global food security and environmental conservation. However, there is a lack of statistically evaluated data to support assertions of yield benefits...

The brochure provides an introduction to the Regional Technical Platform on Green Agriculture, which is a digital, user-friendly, open, intraregional and interregional gateway for sharing information. It is a knowledge repository that facilitates connections among expert networks regarding various technical areas related to green agriculture. The brochure outlines the main...

This course introduces the Progressive Management Pathway for Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB) which uses a risk-based approach to improve the overall sustainability of the aquaculture sector.

In 2022, the FAO Office of Evaluation conducted its first country programme evaluation in Ghana covering the period between 2018 and 2022. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide strategic recommendations on how the FAO programme can be better oriented in Ghana that could feed into the formulation of...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on food security in Indonesia. Ensuring food production and availability is a major concern for policymakers. The Indonesian government has historically made various efforts in this regard, encouraging and providing facilitation to farmers as the main producers of food, such as through...

Le gouvernement subventionne des engrais organiques pour contrebalancer la hausse des prix des fertilisants minéraux. Mais le pays reste tiraillé entre primauté de la compétitivité et promotion de l’agroécologie.Sous l’impulsion de ce réseau, un Plan Sénégal émergent vert a été adopté par l’Etat en 2019, avec comme mesure phare la subvention...

There is a growing promotion of agroecological techniques in many Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to the current climatic variability challenges. In the case of Burkina Faso, a number of studies have mentioned the role of Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) in the promotion of agroecological techniques. Although previous studies have...

This course uses a stepwise approach to identify critical entry points for actions within the agrifood systems to improve availability, accessibility, affordability, and consumption of nutritious food, as part of healthy diets.

The evaluation found that RECLIMA continues to be strategically aligned to national priorities and responds to the adaptation and resilience needs of producers. However, some systemic limits to achieving the desired paradigm shift were identified due to the multi-causal complexity of the target populations’ vulnerability. The project made significant progress...

By installing an integrated farm, you can produce something on every inch of land, while reducing waste and buying fewer inputs. Draw a map of your farm and decide where to grow what crops, trees and vegetables, based on your knowledge of which crops need sun and which grow in...

This brochure aims to give a concise and visual introduction to the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme. The SWM Programme is the first international initiative to tackle the wild meat challenge by addressing both wildlife conservation and food security. It is an initiative from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific...