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 In addition, Leader has been replaced by the multi-funded Community-Led Local Development approach.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...

India is the land of farmers. Agriculture being the prime occupation of the masses, the sector consists of a big number of farmers who are either into the agricultural or allied activities. The present legal system consists of the laws which are scattered both in their application and approach to...

Irrigation systems in Tajikistan – and the ways in which they are managed – should see improvement under a two-year FAO project just getting under way here. Valued at US$ 468,000, the new project is aimed at modernizing irrigation systems and increasing agricultural productivity in a country that is highly dependent...

In this video, we will learn from farmers how one can save money by making their own concentrate feed for their livestock and fish. Many farmers do not have enough good feed, they can buy concentrate feed that is rich in nutrients, but such feed is costly. By making a base...

Las compras públicas de la AF son una de las principales innovaciones en las recientes estrategias de erradicación del hambre y de la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Diversos países han desarrollado políticas de SAN incluyendo en sus estrategias las compras de productos de la AF. La...

Agriculture is Mozambique’s primary economic activity and around 3.2 million smallholder farmers account for 95% of this sector's production. The percentage of smallholder farmers with access to credit facilities in Mozambique has steadily decreased over the past 10 years, while inefficiencies in production and distribution have weakened the competitiveness of...

El informe presenta los resultados del análisis del estado de los programas de extensionismo acuícola en algunos países de América Latina y el Caribe. El número de emprendimientos acuícolas crece constantemente en la región y aun con la baja fiabilidad de las estadísticas relacionadas con los Acuicultores de Recursos Limitados...

When Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) struck in November 2013, it severely damaged or destroyed many seaweed facilities, crippling the income of Filipino coastal farmers who relied on this as their main source of livelihood. The Philippines is one of the world’s largest producers of seaweed and initial assessments...

This practice presents a way to increase the efficiency of water use by supplemental irrigation (SI) in rain fed wheat production in Morocco. Emphasize is given to the different crop growth stages of wheat and the approach of supplemental irrigation (SI). The different stages of wheat growth are explained, outlining...