“The newly selected Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) in Assam are a beacon of hope to help spread valuable knowledge on natural farming through video,” said Sri Gunajeet Kashyap, Joint Secretary of the Agriculture Department, Government of Assam, expressing his enthusiasm for the ERA initiative which empowers rural youth to...

Women agricultural workers are essential to the growth of Morocco’s agricultural sector, yet they continue to face significant challenges. These include insecure employment (lack of contracts, social protection, etc.), undervaluation of their work, and limited recognition. This policy brief examines these issues and proposes actionable solutions to enhance their working...

Deforestation is a global problem. Despite multiple treaties and agreements, deforestation has not stopped and is increasing. The driving force behind tropical deforestation is the cultivation of commodity crops.  These are crops that are central to people’s lives, providing everything from animal feed to tyres to chocolate bars and a morning...

Playing games might seem a strange, perhaps even trivial, activity for a high-level international dialogue. But on 17 July 2025, experts from across the agricultural sector gathered virtually to do just that. By ‘gamifying agroecology’, they found fresh insights and new pathways for enabling a participatory agroecological transition.   The innovative session, organized by the German...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has launched a new podcast titled The Battle for African Agriculture, hosted by its General Coordinator, Dr. Million Belay. The series explores the colonial legacies shaping African food systems, challenges corporate-driven models of industrial agriculture, and amplifies agroecological solutions that center justice,...

The soil of Rabinal, a small town located in the department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, holds stories of resistance and memory. At dawn, the sound of the ‘metate’ grinding stone and the aroma of corn reflect the continuity of an ancient agricultural tradition of the Maya Achi people. These communities...

The 2025 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition reveals a stark deterioration in food security across the Arab States in 2024, where hunger reached its highest level in more than two decades, affecting nearly 77.5 million people – 15.8 percent of the population. While global hunger has slightly improved,...

Emma had it all, including an award-winning advertising career in Nairobi, when she decided that she was tired of the rat race and wanted to spend more time out of doors. So she took some training in business management and in dairy, and since 2002 she has been driving out...

Chad, a vast and diverse country in Central Africa, faces the compounded pressures of poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks, and a growing refugee influx from neighbouring Sudan. Against this backdrop, effective communication is central to building resilience and supporting local adaptation—this factsheet examines Chad’s media and telecommunications landscape to inform...

This survey guidance provides a protocol to aid in the monitoring, detection, sample collection, and diagnostics for Babuvirus banana bunchy top virus, ensuring effective phytosanitary decision-making to manage the pest risk and protect trade in plants and plant products. To simplify the identification of the pest, it also provides visuals....

“The Harvest Money Expo is considered as Uganda's biggest annual agriculture and agribusiness exhibition and offers exhibitors an excellent opportunity for increasing visibility and networking,” said Sylvia Nakanyike Mukasa, Access Agriculture Entrepreneur Coach for Uganda.

Esta segunda publicación de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre el panorama regional del océano, los mares y los recursos marinos destaca el rol estratégico de estos elementos en el desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de América Latina y el Caribe.A cinco años del plazo...

The vision of the Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA) is of an aquaculture sector that contributes significantly to a world free from hunger and to the equitable improvement of the living standards of all actors in its value chain, including the poorest, and: 1) advances towards more productive, efficient, resilient,...

In this blog, Archana Prasad reflects on her decade-long career in the field of agricultural extension within an evolving agricultural ecosystem and offers insights on how extension graduates can effectively prepare for the future.

Two community gardens in London are bringing people together to grow food, with love. Antiracist, anticolonial, intergenerational, rooted in indigenous and ancestral wisdom, and strongly connected with nature, these gardens are regenerative, nourishing and healing – not just for the earth but for the soul. The stories, photographs and this poem were...

This commemorative volume marks the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), tracing its journey from a founding conviction – that hunger is not inevitable – to today’s global mission of transforming agrifood systems. Through a rich collection of photographs and narratives, the book...

A new history of FAO explores 80 years of food and agriculture and the work of the Organization to continue to shape agrifood systems in a changing world. Through words and photographs, FAO at 80: the pursuit of better food for all chronicles the Organization's milestones over the course of...

We are pleased to announce that Access Agriculture’s book ‘Young Changemakers’ published in English in 2024 is now available in French. The book is an anthology of 42 inspiring stories of young rural entrepreneurs from across Africa and India, who are breaking new ground as e-extension service providers by promoting...

In this blog, Manoj, Sreeja, and Satyapriya examine the need for on-farm food safety in India and outline how extension can respond.

Hosted by the FAO elearning Academy, the Institutionalization of forest data online facilitated course establishes a clear path towards a more efficient and effective use of forest data by underscoring the significance of institutionalizing robust and sustainable national forest monitoring system (NFMS). Additionally, it emphasizes transparency, sustainability and data sharing...