This year, on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), seven women engaged in seafood communities and promoting gender equality, released an opinion piece titled ‘Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality’.

Cairo, 25 June, 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in Support of Sustainable Agri-aquaculture Development in Desert and Arid Lands in the Near East and North Africa region, the Cases...

This OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028 foresees that the demand for agricultural products will grow by 15% over the coming decade. The way in which this demand is met will determine the sector’s impact on the natural resource base, notably land, water, and biodiversity. Rising food production also comes with higher...

Five groups engaged in organizing women in fishing from different parts of India recently got together to share their experiences

Kampong Cham, Cambodia – One hundred fifty kilometers from Phnom Penh is the village of Sambo Village Sambo Village in Sopheas Commune, Steung Trong District, Cambodia. Most of the villagers grow paddy and cassava for a living. Additionally, they also grow a few bushes of lemongrass for family consumption. Seeing the...

Further to his message of encouragement, the Commissioner pointed to the reality of the CAP not being the sole answer to the challenges rural women face. Other EU funds also need to ensure they address the specific challenges and needs of women in rural areas. Read more on the ENRD work done under...

29 May 2019, Rome / Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched the United Nations' Decade of Family Farming and a Global Action Plan to boost support for family farmers, particularly those in developing countries. 

From child bride and adolescent mother to community leader, the journey of 48-year--old TapasiDolui, President of the women’s wing of Dakshinbanga Matysajibi Forum (DMF), a registered trade union of fisherfolk in West Bengal, India, though daunting and full of challenge, is an inspiration to women everywhere...

Pela primeira vez, o Programa Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) concedeu crédito para custeio de manejo florestal comunitário familiar. Os recursos irão contemplar mais de 30 famílias da Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre, do Pará.  A concessão foi possível após a elaboração de uma planilha de risco técnico agrícola para o custeio...

Com a participação de produtoras rurais de todo o Estado, o Governo do Tocantins, por meio da Secretaria de Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura (Seagro) lançou a campanha #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direitos, nesta quinta-feira, 9, no auditório Jaburu, na 19ª Feira de Tecnologia Agropecuária do Tocantins (Agrotins 2019), com a presença...

3 May 2019, Damascus - The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) have announced a three-year project to improve agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic through the enhancement of smallholder capabilities. 

This publication presents FAO's work in support of the achievement of the SDGs in Europe and Central Asia. Featuring selected country case studies across the region, it describes how FAO and partners are already supporting countries to achieve multiple SDGs targets through current project and programmes.     This publication is in line...

Women involved in sustainable fishing take the stage at Slow Fish 2019

Tanzania is one of the countries that has embarked on a national programme under the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). Tanzania is currently developing the capacity to enter into a carbon monitoring REDD + regime. In this context spatially representative soil carbon...

Kampong Thom, Cambodia – Born from a farming family in Panha Chy Village, Tbaung Krampeu Commune, Santuk District, Kampong Thom, But Sovann graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Prek Leap School in Phnom Penh. Wearing a smile as he looks at the dug fish ponds, he says, “We...

Samudra Report No. 81, dated June 2019, features articles on fisheries from around the world, with a special focus on implementation of the the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). The editorial Comment that opens the issue focuses on subsistence fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific region...

Although migration has always been a phenomenon at the core of the dynamics characterizing the Mediterranean, the factors triggering displacements have changed. At present, the situation has become more complex, and today it is necessary to identify and understand the drivers of migration in order to integrate them in a...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), national food security and forest conservation have competed for decades, with the former prevailing. But with rapid growth in population and agricultural production predicted, concern about forest loss is mounting. For three decades, variations on the 'integrated conservation and development' (ICD) approach have...

Directed by Daya Gupta; Duration 19 min 28 sec; Language: English. This short video gives a bird’s-eye view of the lives of Koliwomen. The Kolis are a traditional fishing community from Mumbai, India – one of the original inhabitants of this island city of mostly migrants. The women form a formidable...

Distributed ledger technology (DLT)/blockchain is an exciting new technology that may prove to be a radical innovation. Similar to the steam engine and the Internet, which triggered previous industrial revolutions, blockchain has the power to revolutionize existing economic and business models. It has the potential to deliver productivity gains to...