The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) is a multilateral mechanism to assist in the implementation of pledges made by the G20 in Pittsburgh in September 2009. The objective is to improve incomes and food and nutrition security in [...]

Women’s contributions to agricultural production, processing, marketing and household food security and nutrition often go unrecognized. Despite their significance, women commonly suffer huge gender inequalities in access to land, productive resources, markets, decent jobs and information. A growing body of compelling [...]

The purpose of the Global Bioenergy Partnership is to provide a mechanism for public, private and civil society stakeholders to organize, coordinate and implement targeted international research, development, demonstration and commercial activities related to production, delivery, conversion and use of [...]

The Green Climate Fund was established at the 16th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2010. The fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways.  It will provide support [...]

The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. FAO's Service for Special Relief Operations is dedicated to integrating a gender perspective into all aspects of the Organization's [...]

With 35 percent of the earth’s land used for crops and pastures, another 30 percent covered by forests and a full 70 percent of abstracted fresh water used by agriculture, there is no question that agriculture needs to be at [...]