In January 2022 FAO and IAAS (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences), in collaboration with YPARD (Young Professionals for Agricultural Development) launched the Youth for Green and Climate-Resilient Agriculture Programme (YCRA) to support and promote youth-led projects. The...

FAO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are co-leading a 5-year programme (2020-2025) called Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National...

The Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) programme supports countries in evidence-based policy making through sound economic and policy analysis to reform policies, institutions and investments on climate change, in connection with agricultural development and food security.   

The programme...

In order to safeguard and support the world’s agri-cultural heritage systems, FAO started an initiative for the identification and the dynamic conservation of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage systems (GIAHS) in 2002. These traditional agricultural systems represent models of sustainable agricultural production....

The project aims to generate and share up-to-date information on the vulnerability and adaptability to climate change of small-scale irrigation schemes in the main agro-ecological systems in the regions of Central and West Africa. More...