Transforming food and agriculture for sustainable development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a bold, transformational change to achieve a world that is more inclusive, fair, sustainable and resilient. It’s a world free of hunger and extreme poverty, one that protects the sustainable use of biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystem services for development.
This corporate portal is a gateway to FAO’s policy and governance support work to build sustainable food systems that can help countries achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda. FAO, itself the world’s leading forum for policy dialogue, promotes evidence-based policymaking from national to regional and global levels as countries prioritize challenges, implement decisions and monitor their effectiveness.
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Sowing seeds of change: how governance and investment can transform South Sudan’s agrifood sector
17 April 2025 - By strengthening governance frameworks and creating a more predictable investment environment, South Sudan can tap into its vast agricultural resources and drive long-term economic sustainability
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FAO highlights the cooperative model as a key driver in the fight against hunger and poverty
27 February 2025 - The Organization emphasized its crucial role in transforming agrifood systems during the launch of the Regional Agenda for the International Year of Cooperatives 2025
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Inclusive rural transformations in Latin America - Reassessing and planning under pressures and constraints
2025
Latin America is at a strategic point in rural development, as recent shocks have exposed deep-rooted challenges in rural policies, particularly regarding inequality and employment. In response, this paper argues for a new generation of policies focused on three areas: (i) strategies to protect lives and promote resilient livelihoods, (ii) specialized policies for family farming, and (iii) strategies for rural investments and development planning.
Multistakeholder policy dialogue to promote innovation in agrifood systems - A training guide
2025
This training guide has been developed to address this gap by providing clear and comprehensive guidance on multistakeholder policy dialogue in agrifood systems. This guide also brings the added value of a clear focus on promoting innovation through smart, inclusive and collaboratively developed and implemented policies.
Evolution of global agrifood trade and trade policy and implications for nutrition
2025
This research project examines patterns and developments in the links between agrifood trade and nutrition and assesses how trade policy shapes food prices. The analysis is undertaken at a global level with a focus on Near East and North Africa, a set of countries which is particularly dependent on agrifood imports. The results show that agrifood imports are a critical source of calories, macro-nutrients as well as vitamins and minerals for most countries in the world.
POLICY & GOVERNANCE
Policy and governance are closely interrelated: they are both concerned with addressing problems that are important to large numbers of people.
Nevertheless, both concepts differ: policy is an output and outcome of diverse governance processes.
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