Sustainability has become an ever-increasingconcern, influencing not only environmental practices but also economic and social processes. The need for legislation that fosters sustainability across all three pillars - economic growth, social inclusion and equity, and environmental protection - is more...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been supporting family farmers for many decades, even though there is no single or universally-accepted definition of a “family farmer”.  To delve deeper into this matter, and to advance global...

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming FAO Law Lecture 2023 that will take place on 31 October 2023 at 14:00 (CET). Register now! As part of the side events of this year's #WorldFoodDay, the Lecture will focus on Public International Law...

Morogoro, 10-11 August 2023  In collaboration with the EAF-Nansen Programme, the Development Law Service held a workshop with national stakeholders to launch the process of review of the Tanzania Fisheries Policy and Fisheries Act of Mainland Tanzania.  National stakeholders included representatives from...

In June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new publication focused on legal frameworks for sustainable school feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean. This publication was developed within the framework of a...