FAO is strengthening the evidence base on how to effectively support more productive and decent rural employment in developing countries. As part of these efforts, FAO is raising awareness about programmes and projects that have successfully improved the availability and/or quality of rural jobs in an effort to reduce poverty and food insecurity. These good practices can be used by a wide array of development practitioners and policymakers as a basis for developing more informed and effective programmes and projects in the future.

Read about good practices

To learn more about good practices in promoting decent rural employment, click on the briefs below. Every good practice brief features a programme or project that has made an important contribution to improving the availability and/or quality of rural jobs. For more information about a particular good practice, please contact the responsible organizations (contact information is listed at the end of each brief).

Submit your own good practices

If your organization has been directly involved in a programme or project that could constitute a good practice in promoting decent rural employment, we want to hear about it! Good practices will be used in FAO’s advocacy efforts, and may also inform the future work of FAO, its partner organizations and its Member States. Submissions selected as good practices will thereby gain significant visibility for the interventions and the organizations involved in their implementation. Click on the link on the right-hand side of this page and tell us about your experience.