Based on a survey of census and household data across the region, this report finds that there are structural conditions that might anchor indigenous peoples to poverty and preclude their full potential for economic opportunity. These conditions are an
important focus of the World...

Indigenous Peoples in cultural homelands of the most rural areas of developing regions experience challenges in using their traditional food systems and to ensure food security and health despite the treasures of food biodiversity that could support well-being. This...

Food systems of Indigenous Peoples who retain connection to long-evolved cultures and patterns of living in local ecosystems present a treasure of knowledge that contributes to well-being and health, and can benefit all humankind. This book seeks to define and...

FAO and other UN agencies recognize that communication is fundamental to promote sustainable development. Within this framework, Communication for Development (ComDev), a participatory communication approach that combines a variety of processes and tools ranging from rural radio to Information and...

There are 476 million indigenous peoples around the world, constituting 6.2 percent of the global population and, according to different sources, representing more than 19% of the extreme poor (ILO, 2019) of the world. Half of this population are women...