On 12 May 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) jointly hosted the online event “School food and nutrition policy and legal frameworks. School meal nutrition guidelines and standards –...

The FAO Development Law Service has just published a new Legal Paper on Human Rights and the Environment. Authored by two leading thinkers in the field of international human rights and environmental law (John H. Knox- Wake Forest University; and Elisa...

At its 36th Ordinary Assembly on 11 February 2022, the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) adopted the Model Law for the prevention and reduction of food loss and waste. This model law was drafted with the technical assistance of...

Legal frameworks are essential to anchor policy efforts for family farming into inclusive and sustainable agri-food systems. The United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) underscores the importance of family farming for achieving food security and adequate nutrition through...

What can law do to stop food fraud? The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN), in partnership with the FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) and the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy of the University of California,...