Rural transformation, agricultural and food system transition: Building the evidence base for policies that promote sustainable development, food and nutrition security and poverty reduction

FAO Headquarters ( 19-20 September 2016 )

The conference will bring together researchers and policy makers from around the world in an effort to provide evidence, promote understanding, and enhance dialogue around feasible pathways for sustainable rural transformations and agricultural and food system transitions.

Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security - Online consultation on the background document to the CFS Forum

( Until 5 April 2016 )

Contribute to the elaboration of a CFS background document to support the discussions at the Forum on Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security to be held at CFS 43 in October 2016.

Online consultations for a knowledge sharing platform on resilience

( Until 6 March 2016 )

Online consultation to ensure that the knowledge sharing platform answers the needs of the resilience community and that it generates effective and sustainable interventions towards resilience building of livelihoods.

Youth at work: Reducing rural poverty video

The video presents the first achievements of the project Youth at Work: Reducing rural poverty, launched by FAO and the Malian Ministry of Agriculture. The projects aims to generate attractive and decent job opportunities for rural youth. 

Annual ECAMA Research Symposium in Malawi

The second annual research symposium of the Economics Association of Malawi, held in Lilongwe on 4-5 June, focused on agricultural transformation and value chain development for sustainable economic development.