On 25 September 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets – committing the international community to end poverty and hunger and achieve sustainable development between...
The aim of this paper is to provide policy-makers with a helpful overview of the technical and economic aspects of water use in agriculture, with particular emphasis on crop and livestock production. Through 2050, in many countries, agriculture will remain an important determinant of economic growth...
Esta nota informativa del Foro FSN se basa en la discusión en línea celebrada entre septiembre y octubre de 2017 sobre Migración rural, agricultura y desarrollo rural, facilitada por Andrea Cattaneo de la FAO. Participantes de 28 países comentaron el proyecto del borrador inicial anotado de la...
En marzo de 2018, cuando se celebre el 62º período de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW, por sus siglas en inglés), la atención se centrará una vez más en cómo abordar los desafíos y oportunidades específicos a las que se enfrentan las mujeres y las niñas...
En esta discusión, los participantes compartieron ideas sobre el papel que deberían tener los Servicios de Extensión y Asesoría Agraria (AEAS) en relación con el desarrollo en general. En particular, se invitó a los participantes a presentar ejemplos de AEAS que abordan con éxito las desigualdades...
This year's report features the theme: "The Food Security and Nutrition - Conflict Nexus: Building Resilience for Food Security, Nutrition and Peace". The report indicates that during the first decade of the millinium, sub-Saharan Africa made sound progress in the fight against hunger with the...
The Asia-Pacific region, home to most of the world’s undernourished people, needs urgent action to improve diets and reset its food systems which are critical to the delivery of healthy, nutritious foods, FAO said today. According to the findings of FAO’s 2017 Regional Overview of Food Security and...
This publication provides real life examples on how to re-engage youth in agriculture. It shows how tailor-made educational programmes can provide rural youth with the skills and insights needed to engage in farming and adopt environmentally friendly production methods. Many of the initiatives and...
The report warns that the greater number of conflicts, whose impacts are often exacerbated by climate-related shocks, is one of the main drivers behind the fact that after steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger appears to be on the rise once more. This is threatening to derail the...
The new report looks at how population growth, increasing urbanization, technologies, and climate change are transforming rural and urban areas, and how the world’s food systems are evolving. The report concludes that fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is...