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Parliamentary perspectives were in the spotlight at a side event of the 2024 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in April, where Honourable Francoise Uwumukiza, representative of the Eastern Africa Legislative Assembly, and Hon. Marie Jeanne Kouloumbou, President of the Environment, Food Safety and Sustainable Development Commission of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Congo shared insights.  Focusing on ending hunger and eradicating poverty through human rights-based food systems transformations placing human well-being at the centre, the multi-stakeholder dialogue was co-organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United...

Brasilia, Brazil, April 3, 2024 - It is estimated that around 10.5 million people live in the Central American Dry Corridor, with approximately 50% of this population living in poverty.

Brasília, Brazil, March 26, 2024 - More than 100 professionals linked to school feeding programmes (SFP) from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participated on March 21 in an online exchange of experiences on mechanisms to strengthen public procurement in school feeding.

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...

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...