In December 2018, after 6 years of negotiations and 17 years of awareness raising, advocacy and studies at different levels and with different countries, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), which codifies in...

Significant steps have been taken in 2022 to raise the visibility of forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) and gain greater recognition of their important role in reversing climate change, biodiversity loss, and stamping out persistent rural poverty and inequality. FFPOs are grassroots-led self-organized entities, including farmers unions, cooperatives, Indigenous Peoples...

What is the story behind the food you eat? What if people actually valued all the underpaid and unpaid labor that goes into food? What if women were not doing most of the work? And if women and girls weren’t the last ones to eat? What if it weren't mostly...

Amid rising challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic shocks, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) doubled down on its commitment to the world’s poorest rural communities in 2021, increasing support to reach 128 million small-scale farmers and vulnerable people, according to its annual...

In the run up to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this November, Africa Renewal is publishing an op-ed series on climate issues, featuring African women who are academics, engineers, research analysts, scientists, and civic and institutional leaders. The series focuses on challenges and solutions across climate issues —from energy to...

“Women are key actors across agrifood systems and key contributors to agricultural and rural development,” said Qu in his address to the inaugural High-Level Dialogue, which was brought together by the food Coalition on 27 May 2022. The main objective of the event is to discuss the ways to: - ensure a stronger gender lens in...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) convoca a la presentación de experiencias y conocimiento de la agricultura familiar en formato de póster en el marco del Encuentro Latinoamericano y Caribeño del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar, el cual se...

María María vive en el Valle de Jequitinhonha, en el norte interior de Minas Gerais, una región que había sido rica y gran productora de oro, pero que ahora estaba plagada de hambre y pobreza. El paisaje que solía ser verde y vivo, se había vuelto gris y triste. La vida...

Le CCFD-Terre solidaire, qui lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, vient de mettre en place un programme baptisé « Face ». L’initiative vise à renforcer les capacités des organisations féministes face au changement climatique et à financer des alternatives pour la transition écologique et la préservation de la biodiversité.

Women and men play important roles throughout the fish value chain, and also for the conservation of aquatic resources. However, there is little recognition of women’s valuable contribution to the fisheries sector. Women glean and collect seafood from the mangroves. Women clean and process the fish. Women sell fish products...

Le CCFD-Terre solidaire, qui lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, vient de mettre en place un programme baptisé « Face ». L’initiative vise à renforcer les capacités des organisations féministes face au changement climatique et à financer des alternatives pour la transition écologique et la préservation de la biodiversité.

La historia que te voy a contar es una historia real que está escrita en mi alma con piedra, frio, hambre y esperanza. Una realidad que vi, y con la que conviví a lo largo de estos más de doce años de vida; una vida llena de campos marrones y...

About the SAFE project The Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project is dedicated to the preservation of forests through the promotion of sustainable agri-food systems. SAFE operates in six countries – Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Zambia, Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – supporting the transition to deforestation-free,...

Provengo de una familia campesina que vivía en una comunidad rural cercana al centro poblado de Quillacollo, en Cochabamba, Bolivia. Recuerdo que cuando era niña mi mamá nos preguntaba ⎯¿Qué quieren comer? ⎯ y siempre contestamos ⎯¡Fideo con asado! ⎯. Era lo que más nos gustaba, y ella nos complacía...

Smallholder inclusion is seen as one of the avenues to leverage investment, opportunities and better livelihoods into rural areas, and many donors, governments, businesses and development practitioners have worked hard to ‘do’ it well. It can be good for businesses’ CSR (corporate social responsibility) credentials and can help open up new...

Este catálogo presenta un conjunto de 32 innovaciones de 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe, que fueron compartidas a través de un cuestionario digital realizado por la FAO y el IICA, documentando tecnologías, enfoques y herramientas innovadoras aplicadas a las cadenas productivas ganaderas. El catálogo de innovaciones tiene como...

Recuerdo que llegué a comienzos de junio del 2016. En el horizonte se observaba un paisaje esplendoroso. En los días despejados, mágicamente aparecían un sinnúmero de montañas formando la cordillera central de Bolivia y en la profundidad del paisaje el majestuoso Río Grande, que como una serpiente en movimiento, divide...

Tea is a major cash crop in Malawi and the industry is one of the country’s biggest employers. For small-scale farmers, it is an important source of cash income. But deep gender inequalities prevail at smallholder level, and women tea farmers are being left behind. As part of the Empowering Rural Producers...

Este trabalho objetiva relatar a experiência vivida por agricultoras e pela Assessoria Técnica Continuada, a partir da utilização das Cadernetas Agroecológicas no âmbito do projeto Pró-Semiárido, coordenado pela Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Ação Regional, do Estado da Bahia, em parceria com o Fundo Internacional de Desenvolvimento Agrícola. O trabalho teve,...

During a virtual ceremony in 2021, the FAO Director-General, presented the Margarita Lizarraga Medal, to Margaret Nakato. During a virtual ceremony on the 19th of November 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu  presented the Margarita Lizarraga Medal, to Margaret Nakato of the Katosi Women Development Trust in Uganda, whom he praised...