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With stronger capacity to design and implement trade policies and strategies, Southern African countries can better leverage trade as a means to reducing poverty and improving food security. Additionally, countries on the continent may be better equipped to negotiate trade agreements to support agricultural and food security strategies as well...

With the help of a new training guide developed by FAO and the International Labour Organization (ILO), extension workers in Africa and elsewhere are engaging with rural communities to reduce children's exposure to toxic pesticides used in farming. Nearly 100 million boys and girls between 5 and 17 years old are...

International prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories are poised to offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year. Worldwide cereal production will likely decline by 1.5 percent from last year's record-breaking output, mainly due to reduced acreage planted with maize,...

During the 2014/2015 rainy season, Mozambique was hit by heavy rains that led to severe flooding, particularly between the months of January and March 2015. On 12 January, the Council of Ministers declared a red alert for the central and northern regions of the country. FAO National Emergency Coordinator in...

Judite Moreira was one of the first to get the white bag that everyone was waiting to receive this morning at Mocua Resettlement Centre in the District of Namacurra, Zambézia Province. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Government of Mozambique and the Mozambican non-governmental...