Commit to Grow Equality: Investing in the future of women in agrifood systems

18/03/2025

The report outlines FAO’s Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) initiative's Commitments Matrix along which commitments are structured into an overarching category and five thematic areas, each addressing key strategic priorities for the inclusive transformation of agrifood systems. Within each thematic area, the report showcases partner-led initiatives that will drive meaningful change in agrifood systems under the umbrella of the CGE initiative.

Syrian Arab Republic: Emergency and Recovery Plan of Action 2025–2027

14/03/2025

The ERPA outlines FAO’s strategic approach to supporting the most vulnerable rural households in the Syrian Arab Republic with short- and medium-term assistance, addressing immediate food security and nutrition needs, while restoring self-reliance and income generation to helping communities move beyond aid dependence and contributing to national recovery and stability.

Mainstreaming gender in national drought plans, national action plans and national policies

06/03/2025

Guide étape par étape pour intégrer une approche transformative sensible au genre tout au long du cycle du projet

03/03/2025

Ce guide aide les professionnels du développement à intégrer l'approche transformative sensible au genre dans les interventions de projet axées sur la sécurité alimentaire, la nutrition et l'agriculture durable, en vue de promouvoir l'égalité des genres et l'autonomisation des femmes. Il fournit des conseils détaillés, étape par étape, au personnel des projets et des programmes sur la manière d'intégrer l'approche transformative sensible au genre à chaque phase du cycle du projet.

Around the table: Where hunger meets hope and opportunities grow

19/02/2025

This document presents five distinct agricultural livelihoods in five countries facing food crises: wheat farming in Ethiopia, poultry keeping in Mozambique, pastoralism in Somalia, fisheries in South Sudan and sorghum farming in the Sudan. Through the stories of five people and their endeavours to ensure they can put food on the table, it illustrates the essential roles emergency agricultural assistance and resilience interventions play in improving food security and nutrition.

Evolution of global agrifood trade and trade policy and implications for nutrition

14/02/2025

Employing a number of newly developed datasets, this research project examines patterns and developments in the links between agrifood trade and nutrition and assesses how trade policy shapes food prices. The analysis is undertaken at a global level with a focus on the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, a set of countries that is particularly dependent on agrifood imports.

The triple gap in finance for agrifood systems

13/02/2025

This report presents the first comprehensive analysis of climate finance needs for agrifood systems to help meet the 1.5-degree objective. It also aims to better inform decision-makers and investors in the agrifood space. Establishing this baseline for financial needs can help to track action against the efforts required to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Government expenditures in agriculture 2001–2023: Global and regional trends

11/02/2025

Since 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has collected government expenditure on agriculture (GEA) data through a questionnaire sent annually in May to more than 190 countries. This brief analyses the latest data available in FAOSTAT, for the period 2001–2023, at global and regional levels.