- The Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc and FAO are furthering their partnership to promote contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms. Continuing from successful workshops held in 2015 to promote contract farming, FAO ...

- Women play a major role in agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, both in the production, processing and marketing of food, despite facing multiple inequalities, FAO said today. A new FAO study examines the value chains of cassava (Belize), ...

- Las mujeres juegan un rol preponderante en los  sistemas agroalimentarios de América Latina y el Caribe, tanto en la producción, transformación y comercialización de alimentos, a pesar de enfrentar múltiples desigualdades, señaló hoy la FAO. Un nuevo estudio de la FAO analiza las ...

- The World Bank has approved a $125 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to assist Sri Lanka in modernizing its agriculture sector to become more efficient and attractive as a modern business, more responsive to consumer demand, and ...

- Small-scale ACP farmers are challenging the stereotype of subsistence producers and demonstrating their capacities as reliable food industry suppliers.  For any small-scale producer in ACP countries, being able to supply a big industry requires many conditions. These range from access to ...