Unlocking Africa’s potential through agrifood systems transformation and capacity building

18/04/2024

Africa holds the key to moving towards a world free from hunger and poverty. It is in Africa where enormous gains can be made, and agrifood systems transformation is the definitive foundation for the continent to realize sustainable development and modernization.

Agrifood systems: a path to sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

18/03/2024

Every two years, FAO holds a Regional Ministerial Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together its 33 Members in the region to monitor progress and address the challenges towards fighting hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and inequalities, and to achieving the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable.

Accelerating the transformation of agrifood systems in the NENA region

27/02/2024

The world is facing a major challenge in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which seeks to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. This is particularly true in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, which in recent years has experienced a worrisome surge in food insecurity.

Website: FAO

Agents of Change – Making all countries in Asia and the Pacific more dynamic, healthier, wealthier, and better

20/02/2024

We all know that we live in a changing world. In the vast area of Asia and the Pacific that change is most evident. Over the past 20 years, the economies of many nations in the region have been moving out of the category of ‘least developed’ and graduating into a ‘middle income’ status.

Website: FAO

How to make sure we really leave NO-ONE behind

14/10/2022

Leave NO-ONE behind – this is the theme of this year’s World Food Day, and also an urgent call for the world to face the alarming reality that more and more people are being left behind amid a spiraling global food security crisis as a result of multiple drivers.

Website: FAO

Africa’s New Harvest: Sustainable development by innovation for transformation

29/03/2022

A promising transformation has already started in Africa’s farmlands. Family farmers are increasingly using innovative approaches and scientific research, combined with traditional knowledge, to increase the productivity of their fields, diversify their crops, boost their nutrition and build climate resilience.

Website: Namibia Economist

New Scenarios on Global Food Security based on Russia-Ukraine Conflict

11/03/2022

Over the past two years, COVID-19 has presented many challenges to global food security. Today, what is happening in Russia and Ukraine adds another significant challenge.

Website: FAO

Transforming our agrifood systems

03/03/2022

The current nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific is difficult in many areas across the region. About 40% of its inhabitants cannot afford a healthy diet, and in some areas the fight against hunger has seen reversals rather than advances.

Website: Bangkok Post

Fostering innovation in agrifood systems to nourish people and nurture the environment in the NENA region

06/02/2022

The future of food seems more and more uncertain in the Near East and North Africa (NENA region), as it faces growing food insecurity and malnutrition.

Website: Ahram Online

Act now against root causes of food insecurity

05/02/2022

The future of food seems more and more uncertain in the Near East and North Africa region as it faces growing food insecurity and malnutrition. We can and must act now to address the root causes of this situation and transform the structures governing how what we eat is produced, distributed and consumed.

Website: Arab News