On the 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines, FAO releases a publication detailing its work supporting the UNDROP In a significant stride towards promoting the rights of peasants and rural workers, the UN Human Rights Council hosted the launch of the FAO publication FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)at a strategic side event...

FAO and the international NGO Rikolto seal a new strategic partnership to advance sustainable and resilient urban agrifood systems  Through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), FAO and Rikolto officialise a partnership to expand collaboration towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Such collaboration is in line with FAO's vision to develop sustainable urban agrifood systems, and it will contribute to FAO's Strategic Framework particularly focusing...

Against the backdrop of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Confederation of Family Producer Organizations of Expanded Mercosur (COPROFAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Georgetown, Guyana in March 2024. The partnership...

Partnerships are core to FAO’s strategy to achieve its objectives, and as part of this work, FAO has significantly strengthened its connections with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) over the past few years. Since the launch of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, which calls for transformative partnerships to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FAO is pursuing strategic engagement with CSOs, capitalizing on their breadth and diversity of expertise and characteristics, necessary to transforming agrifood systems and overcoming complex global challenges. FAO seeks close collaboration with CSOs...

In a significant move towards enhancing the use of radio in rural areas as a means to help achieve sustainable agrifood systems in Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Farm Radio International signed a Letter of Intent on 15 February 2024. The primary objective of this collaboration is to drive inclusive rural communication services that can help to advance family farming and the sustainability of agrifood systems. It will also address communication challenges faced by rural communities across Africa and empower farmers with sustainable agricultural practices, contributing...