FAO Blog
Hold the Land, Heal the Soil
09/03/2026
When farmers own land, they invest in it. Reforming and enforcing land tenure can be a powerful tool to combat land degradation and food insecurity.
Globally, only about a quarter of land is formally recognized. Land degradation reflects systemic underinvestment in land, often rooted in insecure land tenure.
©FAO/María Legaristi Royo
Categories: Agriculture , Investments
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Unlocking the power of pulses
13/02/2026
Pulses already deliver nutrition at massive scale. The shortcoming isn't production—it's getting more of them from fields to our plates
Categories: Agriculture , Climate , One Country One Priority Product
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Gender equality in science and innovation is critical for agrifood system transformation
11/02/2026
Promoting women and girls in STEM sectors strengthens the agrifood workforce, improves the relevance and impact of research and accelerates progress towards sustainable agrifood systems.
Categories: Agrifood System Transformation , Science and Innovation , women empowerment
FAO Blog
Mechanizing Africa’s farms won’t work unless we do it differently
04/02/2026
Too often, agricultural mechanization efforts have introduced ill-suited, oversized, capital-intensive equipment. Sustainable agricultural mechanization offers a different path.
Categories: Agriculture , Women farmers , Youth
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Oceans beyond borders matter for people, planet and prosperity
16/01/2026
With a treaty on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement) going into force on 17 January, a new chapter in ocean governance begins.
Categories: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection , Fisheries & Aquaculture
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Maintaining forests protects Africa’s agrifood systems
22/12/2025
When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture. We must recognise and strengthen the ties between conservation and agrifood resilience.
Categories: Agrifood System Transformation , Forestry
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