Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities generate significant benefits for society, but also have negative impacts on economic, social and environmental sustainability. The quantified hidden...

Rural youths, who have been selected as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) from Karnataka, India, were recently empowered with digital skills and tools during a 4-day training workshop to help them embark on their journey as e-extension service providers to support agroecological transition in their local communities. 

There are currently major problems due to the increased amount of food waste generated due to inappropriate management. Residual materials are commonly rich in natural compounds that can be exploited directly or by obtaining specific compounds of interest due to their properties and commercial value on the market. As natural...

The Periodic Table of Food Initiative addresses food biomolecular composition information gaps through a standardized, accessible and enabling platform based on analytical tools, data and capacity building. Data from 1,650 foods serve as starting point for demonstrating the capacity of this initiative to contribute to nutrition, health and food systems...

El proyecto Medios de vida resilientes de pequeños agricultores vulnerables en los paisajes mayas y el Corredor Seco de Guatemala (RELIVE) busca apoyar a familias que dependen de actividades agrícolas y agroforestales en condiciones de vulnerabilidad en los territorios de Guatemala para que adaptarse a los impactos del cambio climático....

This report presents the instruction manual of the new water stress plugin developed by FAO in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute's U.S. Center (SEI) for the calculation of the SDG indicator 6.4.2 “Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources” by river basin.Since the...

The extreme flooding in South Brazil highlighted the vulnerability of small-scale fishers to climate-induced disasters. Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil suffered extreme flooding in the months of May and June of 2024. It has severely disrupted the livelihood of small-scale fishers who depend on the region’s aquatic ecosystems (see Table...

Nineteen Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), constituting six ERA teams, from five districts (Buikwe, Bugiri, Sembabule, Soroti and Lira) in Uganda participated in a training on Smart Projector and Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation. Other participants included five Master Trainers from Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS).

The 16th edition of the Pêcheurs du Monde film festival, held in Lorient, France, focused on how fishing is vital for both ocean biodiversity and livelihoods.  The Pecheurs du Monde film festival in Lorient, France, took some 3,000 people on a journey around the oceans of the world on 15-24 March...

Barbados’ fisherfolk build capacity to advocate for climate, blue and social justice. Fisherfolk in Barbados today experience growing marginalization. Fisherfolk in Barbados today experience growing marginalization. They are increasingly frustrated by the injustices they face from every quarter: their peers, the management authorities at fish landing sites and markets, national government...

To make Access Agriculture videos widely available in local languages for optimal social inclusion, a local language video translation workshop was held in Tamale, Ghana, 18-22 November 2024, under the Accelerating change through innovation in agricultural TVET (ACTIVATE) project.

This study responds to the proposal made by the Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SECAC) and the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) on the need to promote spaces for integration in the area of agrifood trade between Central America and the Caribbean. It is a joint...

In the Indigenous Karen village of Huay Ee Khang, in the mountainous north of Thailand, all life starts in the forest: When a baby is born, its umbilical cord is placed in a bamboo container and hung on a healthy fruit tree.“This way, the souls of the baby and the...

Women in small-scale fishing communities bear the worst impacts as coastal space in the Indian Ocean region is increasingly encroached upon by state and private activities. This article is based on a cross-regional study that focused on how ruptures in the form of environmental stress and political economic pressures impacted small-scale...

This report seeks to expand the understanding of anticipatory action in Small Island Developing States, with a focus on the geographic and socio-institutional aspects of independent Pacific Island Countries in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. This report provides a summary of regional and selected national contexts and approaches to the building...

It is widely known that healthy soils contribute to growing healthy and nutritious foods. But did you know that pulses also improve soil health by providing and mobilizing nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous and micronutrients?

In the present-day context, new-generation birds demand timely revision of essential nutrients. In broilers, various trace minerals are required to maintain adequate body functions and general life processes. Trace minerals account for only 0.3% of the total body mineral concentration. The major sources of trace minerals for chickens are feed...

Les systèmes de cultures maraichers agroécologiques basés sur la diversité des espèces cultivées et le recours aux intrants biologiques permettent d’améliorer les revenus des producteurs tout en préservant leur santé et celle de leur environnement. La complexité des systèmes agroécologiques par rapport au système conventionnel nécessite un dialogue entre chercheurs...

En el marco de la I Cumbre Parlamentaria Mundial contra el Hambre y la Malnutrición celebrada en las Cortes Generales de España en 2018, parlamentarios y parlamentarias de Iberoamérica y el Caribe acordaron crear la “Alianza Parlamentaria Iberoamericana y Caribeña por la Seguridad Alimentaria para Todas y Todos”, con el...

Food systems and diets underpin many critical challenges to public health and environmental sustainability, including malnutrition, noncommunicable diseases, and climate change, but sustainable healthy diets have the unique potential to reshape the future for both human and planetary well-being. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report draws on recent evidence to...