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New FAO research focuses on contributions of farmers with fewer than two hectares.

Produced by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and FAO, the publication seeks to support legislative processes to promote healthy diets for all.

The dialogue, the forth in a series organized by FAO and supported by AECID, help to keep food security and nutrition at the top of political agendas and offer parliamentarians...

FAO experts are helping expand microbiome science across the spectrum, from nutrition to ecosystems.

Better knowledge and access to food can help people make wise choices for healthy diets, but it can also help protect the environment, support family and smallholder farmers and improve...

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health emergency. It could lead to a global food crisis with long-term impacts on vulnerable people.

Over 27 million Congolese – one in three people - now critically hungry.  

The dialogue, the third in a series organized by FAO and supported by AECID, offered parliamentarians a forum to share their experiences in helping their countries to guarantee food security,...

You can now subscribe and stay informed about the latest updates and upcoming activities, as well as publications and resources related to the right to food. 

Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine.

Water is a major input in the provision of food and is also required to meet personal and household needs. Check out this study that examines the right to water...

New FAO report finds agricultural losses from natural hazards continue to soar, inflicting economic damage and undermining nutrition.

Women have more difficulties in accessing productive resources, employment opportunities and social protection, being more exposed to more vulnerabilities and inequalities.

The first dialogue in the series brought together parliamentarians from Central America and South America to discuss challenges and opportunities for food security and nutrition policy processes in the context...

Policies and social protection programmes can play a key role in addressing risks and vulnerabilities that children and their families face.

Ensuring that every woman, man and child has access to adequate food lies at the core of FAO’s mandate and this is highlighted in the “Voluntary Guidelines to support the...

Consumers can be a powerful force for change in policies, laws and legislations.

The agenda of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council has several topics that are closely related to FAO’s mandate and work, including on the right to food, right...

FSNAU-FEWS NET report indicates large-scale food and nutrition insecurity due to multiple threats.