Fisheries experts convene today in Sofia, Bulgaria – to take stock of progress towards sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea and propose actions to maintain the momentum. All Black Sea countries signed the landmark Bucharest Declaration in 2016, with the goal of a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the...

La información y el conocimiento son los elementos esenciales para que las innovaciones ocurran. Trabajan en pareja pero no son lo mismo. Si los confundimos al momento de aprovecharlos, fracasaremos. Para propiciar cambios actitudinales no solo hay que informar, también debemos abonar el “almacigo” para que el conocimiento “germine”. ¿En...

Este sitio web contiene una serie de materiales de difusión y publicaciones de 17 estudios de caso sobre los valores ambientales, económicos y socioculturales de la gestión territorial indígena de los pueblos Tacana y Leco de Bolivia, para que puedan ser difundidos por su plataforma institucional. Los estudios sobre el valor...

This brochure presents FAO’s work on agricultural innovation. FAO advocates a shift from interventions focusing on single components of agricultural innovation towards a system-approach aimed at strengthening institutions and stakeholders’ networks that better respond to the needs of smallholder farmers. Agricultural innovation is the process whereby individuals or organizations bring...

"Enhancing the Market Access of Smallholder Farmers" Project aims at sustainably improving the capacities and self-reliance of small- and medium-scale farmers to produce high-value and export crops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS). This will give their products the capacity to compete in national and international markets, through...

Agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of Swaziland’s economy but has experienced severe decline. Its contribution to GDP has decreased gradually over the last two decades due to a number of factors, including recurring drought, chronic underinvestment and the impact of HIV and AIDS. Despite this, agriculture-based products account for...

En las últimas semanas se ha hablado mucho acerca del futuro. El año 2030 ha sido señalado por las Naciones Unidas como el decisivo, cuando los efectos del cambio climático se vuelvan catastróficos e irreversibles, si es que nuestros sistemas de producción y consumo se mantienen tal como hoy. Ese mismo...

As one short-term FAO intervention on food safety ends in Belarus, another will soon begin. This is what governmental representatives agreed upon this week in Minsk during five days of talks to conclude the previous project and set priorities for future work. FAO has been working in Belarus to understand the...

48-year-old Lucy Kigunda is a member of Ithondio women’s group in Imenti North, Meru County, in the central region of Kenya. More recently, she has started planting sorghum, a grass species cultivated for its grain – used for consumption, animal feed and ethanol production. Its steam can be used as...

Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. The distress induced by poverty, food insecurity and a lack of employment opportunities push many youth around the world to search...

CEJA's 2017 Activity Report showcases the organisation's work for 2017. It includes information on CEJA's structure and projects, interviews with members of the Presidency, contributions from stakeholders and sponsors, and a calendar detailing its future activities.

The Rural Connections magazine is being published at a formative time for Rural Development policy. The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) which has been taking shape over the past months is crystallising – with the European Commission's proposals for the future EU budget published on 2 May, followed shortly afterwards by...

Empowering small-scale fisheries: the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication Short animated video that wants to trigger awareness and discussion about key challenges faced by small-scale fishing communities, despite their critical contribution to nutrition, food security, national economies and poverty...

This report investigated the role that cotton production has played in the economic development and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso, with a principal focus on how cotton prices, as a proxy to agricultural income, affects economic growth. Findings suggest that while cotton contributes to modest rates of economic growth, the...

In response to the rising youth unemployment ratio and cognizant of the potential of the agricultural sector in creating productive employment for youth, FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa in close collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is implementing a Technical Cooperation Project entitled: “Promoting Youth Employment in...

Trata da inclusão e organização produtiva das mulheres rurais; a relação com a conservação dos recursos genéticos e acesso às políticas públicas, a formação de rede de mulheres, a comunicação das contribuições, e as iniciativas corporativas, além dos desafios futuros para alcançar a igualdade e empoderar mulheres e meninas.

Despite government efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity, Ethiopia remains one of the world’s poorest countries, with around 25 million people living in extreme poverty. The country is exposed to a wide range of natural hazards, especially recurrent drought, such as that induced by El Niño in Amhara and...

Urgenci’s advocacy capacity is central to strengthening the role of the Community supported Agriculture (CSA) movement at local and global level. As a global social movement, the CSA and theirs networks need to work  collectively to show how they contribute to overcoming global challenges to the food system. This is...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Managing natural resources sustainably while also coping with climate change is the focus of a new FAO initiative for food and agriculture in Europe and Central Asia. The initiative was endorsed by FAO’s regional governing body when it convened last month in Voronezh, Russian Federation. The FAO Regional Conference for Europe...