La crisis de civilización que enfrenta el mundo moderno hoy ha planteado la cuestión sobre si los sistemas agroalimentarios globales son la solución óptima al problema del hambre, la desigualdad económica y social, y el deterioro del medio ambiente. Ello está favoreciendo la aparición de redes alimentarias alternativas que propugnan...

En Ecuador, el Gobierno Nacional ha desarrollado la Estrategia de Reducción Acelerada de la Desnutrición Crónica Infantil, cuyo enfoque es intervenir en todas las aristas que directa o indirectamente son detonantes de la desnutrición. En este marco el Programa Mundial de Alimentos en Ecuador en miras de cambiar el comportamiento...

A group of coffee farmers in Turrialba, Costa Rica, is successfully exploring diversification options with horticultural food crops. This is being done in collaboration with two vegetable seed banks that allow family farmers to use varieties freely under the multilateral system of FAO´s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...

Due to the world economic crisis in 2008, the dairy sector had become unstable and the purchase price of dairy milk has considerably decreased. It was very essential to give a helping hand to farmers, which were struggling with bank payments and farm operating costs. Latvian Rural Advisory and Training...

Capture fisheries support the livelihoods of over 120 million people. Small-scale fisheries produce two-thirds of all catches destined for direct human consumption and provide 90% of the employment in the sector.Nicole Franz, Fisheries Planning Analyst and Yvette Diei Ouadi, Fishery Industry Officer of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department explain...

The experience of the Shashe community in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, is a microcosm of the broader vision of La Via Campesina (LVC). Shashe is a community of peasant farmers who gained their land first through a land occupation, and were then benefitted by the Fast Track Land Reform Program implemented...

El foro tiene por objetivo formar opinión, generar debate y alertar a diferentes sectores sociales, sobre los impactos producidos por los cultivos transgénicos y las leyes de semillas en Colombia; y  visibilizar acciones sociales y de incidencia para la defensa de las semillas y la soberanía alimentaria. En el sitio del...

The Global Food Forum will gather passionate political and business leaders willing to share insights on their vision, as well as on possible pathways for future developments, aiming to enhance both economic performance and environmental sustainability –around 250 participants representing key influencers of the EU debate will participate, including many MEPs and...

Development agencies must use the momentum from COP22 to prioritise water infrastructure projects and help mitigate the effects of climate change and extreme weather events in Africa

Youth employment and hunger are two key issues that have been impacted by the economic crisis. This is particularly true for youth living in developing countries, representing 85% of the world youth. In an attempt to address these issues, the Global Youth Innovation Network, GYIN, has initiated its second Global Youth Summit called the...

Food and nutrition insecurity has been a major challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). With land frontier closing, farmers in SSA must intensify and diversify food production to alleviate food and nutrition insecurity. In the face of climate change, African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) can offer opportunities to diversify production systems and...

El informe describe las principales conclusiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para LAC, acotencida del 29 de feberero al 3 de marzo en ciudad de México.

The EU and Member States are committed to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), adopted in September 2015, including a target to halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030, and reduce food losses along the food production and supply chains. The most recent estimates...

The European Union (EU) has introduced new policy instruments such as the EIP-Agri and multi-actor partnerships in an attempt to stimulate innovation in agriculture. In addition, Leader has been replaced by the multi-funded Community-Led Local Development approach. These initiatives are being implemented across the EU despite the great variety of...

The biggest convergence for cooperation and creating common strategies on food and agriculture for food sovereignty movements across more than 600 participants from 42 countries in Europe and Central Asia. It is the second time such a broad forum for food sovereignty has taken place in Europe, after the first...

Este corto documental presenta la experiencia de las parcialidades Chuamazán y Baquiax, en el municipio de Totonicapán, que han logrado fortalecer su sistema de gobernanza entorno a la toma de decisión y participación de los miembros, la administración de derechos y obligaciones relacionadas con la tierra, y el manejo colectivo...

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8th March around the world. On this day, the African Union (AU) joins the international community to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, while also reviewing past progress of women’s development and looking ahead at future opportunities for women,...

The Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region is characterized by a wide variability in rainfall and temperature. In these areas, evapotranspiration largely exceeds the amount of rainfall, leading to droughts with low forage production and water availability. The concurrent increase in human population with the growing demand...

Family farming is a predominant form of farming in various countries around the globe. Considering its importance, the year 2014 was declared as the International Year for Family Farming (IYFF) by the United Nations. This policy paper by FAO and GFRAS “Tailoring Rural Advisory Services for Family Farms” has been...

Nematodes are dreadful worms that live in the soil and in the roots of many different crops and weeds. Nematodes are easier to prevent than to control. The secret is to: grow healthy seedlings; destroy all sources of nematodes in and near your vegetable field; rotate with crops that are...