Friday, 16 September 2022 | 12:00 – 13:30 CEST Hybrid format: King Faisal Room, FAO HQ and Zoom Register here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A8d68wnDQs-3G422rJpmXgMany family farmers face unfavorable terms in the market and value chains, as well as various degrees of asymmetric negotiations with intermediaries responsible for transport, distribution and sales, which burdens different groups of rural producers. In this search of new ways to engage with the market, labelling and certification schemes are some of the solutions to empower family farmers and Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in striving for a more systemic market access. In the context of...

YAFA: Interview with Darío José Mejía Montalvo, President, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 26/08/2022   How are artisanal fisheries and aquaculture related to the culture of...

Indigenous women lead research on artisanal fisheries in the Colombian Amazon 26/08/2022   Written by Liseth Escobar- FAO’s Indigenous Peoples Unite. Inputs from Lilia Java, Indigenous leader of the Tikuna, Cocama and Yagua Indigenous Territory. In the south of the Colombian Amazon, along the riverine border...

Istanbul, Türkiye - The 47th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress took place from 24. - 28. August 2022,focusing on apitherapy, bee biology, beekeping economy, beekeeping for rural development, bee health, pollination and bee flora and beekeeping technology and quality. "Beekeeping has low barriers. You don't have to own land, you don't have to have high start-up costs, and certainly, there is no gender barrier - anybody can keep bees" emphasized Dr Jeff Pettis, President of Apimondia.

En este Día Internacional de la Juventud (12 de agosto), lee más sobre la resiliencia de los jóvenes indígenas y cómo están afrontando el cambio climático, el COVID-19 y otros retos con soluciones innovadoras.   Historia: https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/es/c/1599198/  Publicación: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb6895en/