Key Strategic Programmes

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...


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....
Project Showcase
The project supports three World Bank operations in Kenya, Niger and the 5 other Sahelian countries of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad. It aims to build technical capacities of World Bank proje...

The project “Low Carbon and Resilient Livestock Development Strategies for Climate Informed Investments” will support five countries in Africa and Central Asia to build adaptive capacity and develop low-emission development strategies for livestock in...

The FAO project “Country support to the enhancement of the Nationally Determined Contributions in the AFOLU sector” was launched in respo...

The SAGA global project aims to reinforce farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate change in two Francophone Least Developed Countries particularly vulnerable to its impacts: Haiti and Senegal.

FAO is implementing the project ‘Towards sustainable bioeconomy guidelines’ to support countries in the development of sustainable and circular bioeconomy strategies and action plans, including in Uruguay and Namibia. In 2016, an FAO-led International...

The AVACLIM project (2019-2022) is funded by the Global Environment Facility and the Foundation for Environmental Monitor...