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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New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
14 January 2025 - The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation
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PARLATINO approves groundbreaking model law to promote agroecology
7 January 2025 - The new legislative framework paves the way for more sustainable agrifood systems by applying ecological principles to agriculture and the regenerative use of natural resources
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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.
FAO Framework on Inclusion
2025
The FAO Framework on Inclusion aims to increase awareness of the importance of implementing inclusive interventions, approaches and processes; to provide conceptual clarity on what inclusion implies in the context of the work carried out by FAO; and to provide practical guidance on mainstreaming inclusion aspects in technical, thematic and functional areas of work, as well as in Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) and the project cycle.
Community-based monitoring in the context of sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in tropical countries
2025
This document is addressed to communities and their partners, and features eight main key lessons learned that emerge from the implementation of community-based monitoring in the context of wildlife management and biodiversity conservation, across 15 countries in Africa, the Guyana Shield and the Pacific Region in which the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme is implemented.
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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