The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Innovator of the Year – Runner-Up Award for its Earth Observation for Agricultural Statistics (EOSTAT) initiative during the 2025 Zimbabwe ICT Excellence...

A multistakeholder workshop on living income for smallholder farmers convened at FAO headquarters on October 24 brought together representatives of governments, private sector actors, development partners and civil society to discuss how the living income approach can drive...

Global policy trends: a focus on water and technology

During September–October 2025, FAPDA tracked 1 632 policy actions.  Among these, 686 were new policy decisions covering 50 broad topics and 166 countries, territories and regional economic communities, reflecting widespread government responses...

Land degradation driven by human activity is undermining agricultural productivity, rural livelihoods, and food security, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2025, released on 3 November 2025. The report, titled "Addressing land degradation across landholding scales”...

Global policy efforts react to trade and disease shocks

FAPDA released 1 109 new policy actions during July and August 2025, covering 53 broad topics and 207 countries, territories and Regional Economic Communities, reflecting widespread government responses to pressing challenges in...

The Madhesh Food Forum 2025, held from 9 to 11 June in Dhanusha concluded with groundbreaking commitments that position the province at the forefront of Nepal’s agricultural transformation

In a bid to improve data-driven agricultural investment and planning, the Government of Gabon, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, organized a four-day capacity-building workshop on...

Djibouti, long recognized for its strategic ports and location, is now making headlines for its untapped potential in agrifood. The Djibouti Agribusiness Forum, held in mid-June 2025, has unveiled the country’s strategic openness and opportunities for agrifood investment.

Did you know that only 8 percent of the global population live more than one hour away from an urban centre? This number can be far higher at the country level – well beyond 50 percent in countries like Madagascar, South...

On April 9 and 10, the Technical Network on Poverty Analysis hosted a lively two-day webinar exploring metrics and strategies to support a living income for smallholder producers of cash crops.