Last week 100 youths from Kisumu successfully completed their training in a Business Mentorship and Coaching Programme. The training is part of the Jiinue Business accelerator programme, supported by FAO in partnership with the County Government of Kisumu and the NGO I Choose Life Africa (ICLA). This initiative was born to cope...

In Kigali City, more than 2 million tons of food are wasted every year, and with 19 per cent of local population still without access to an adequate nourishment (Food Waste Index, 2021), this data become even more alarming. Such a striking unbalance needs to be solved with urgent actions, able...

  As part of the follow-up to the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), and in the context of the formation of the new Urban Food Systems Coalition, FAO, UNEP and UN-HABITAT are organizing a Consultation Meeting on the 7th of April 2022, with key representatives...

FAO’s work in Ecuador continues with the support of more than 70 agro ecological producers from the Manabí region to promote and sell their products at the first agro ecological fair ‘Agroraíces’. This fair takes place every two weeks on Saturday, in the Portoviejo Forest Park. Its aim is not only...

FAO’s work within the Framework of the Urban Food Agenda includes technical support to subnational governments, to promote their adoption of measures able to guarantee adequate food for citizens, sustainable food production, and generally driving positive changes in consumption habits and lifestyles. This is the case of Manabí, in Ecuador,...