A pesar de su importancia en la seguridad alimentaria y la economía rural, las mujeres enfrentan barreras que limitan su crecimiento dentro del sector agrícola. A medida que el país busca avanzar en equidad de género, es fundamental reconocer y potenciar su rol clave en la sostenibilidad del agro.

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In this good practice note, Salome highlights the Mobile Biodiversity Festival, an initiative by the Deccan Development Society (DDS) to promote agro-biodiversity and cultural exchange in Telangana, India. Over 25 years, it has brought together local communities to discuss and celebrate sustainable farming, biodiversity, and traditional knowledge. 

This year’s celebration of World Bee Day on 20 May highlights the vital roles of bees and other pollinators in ensuring global food security and nutrition. In this blog, Amritha V.S. highlights the importance of bees as pollinators and the need to raise awareness about conserving them to ensure food...

In 2025, the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka (TRISL) proudly celebrates its centenary, marking 100 years of innovative excellence in the tea industry of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). To mark this significant milestone, and in conjunction with International Tea Day on 21 May 2025, K.R.W.B. Kahandawa traces the history of...

4 Chairs is a raw interview on FAEB, conducted for the film "The Green Vein: Agroecology rising in West Africa" gifted to you as a special film extra due to the amazing relevance of thought presented by this group of people.

In West Africa, family farming employs around 62 percent of the workforce, supplying the bulk of agricultural (both unprocessed and processed) products to feed the population and satisfy the agrifood industry’s requirements. However, despite its clear importance, the vital role of family farming in combating poverty and food insecurity is...

In this note, Sangappa, Abbuseat, Kailashnath, Anup, and Dudekula trace the evolution of Bettada Basaveshwara Farmer Producer Company and discuss how it is transforming millet cultivation in the region. CONTEXT To promote millet farming and sustainable agricultural practices, the Indian government has been encouraging local farmer producer companies (FPCs). This initiative aims...

Over the past 50 years, the world’s food systems have evolved tremendously amid major economic, environmental, and social changes. Throughout this period, policy research has played a critical role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being...

In this Good Practices Note, Tanya and Syed Qaisar share the strategies that enabled the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) effectively reach farmers, chakkis (small flour mills), and consumers with Biofortified Zinc Wheat (BZW) in Pakistan’s Punjab province. CONTEXT  Pakistan faces triple burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and...

Après huit ans de mise en œuvre, la Réserve régionale de sécurité alimentaire (RRSA) dispose d’un capital physique de 74162 tonnes de mil, sorgho, maïs et riz. Quelle est la situation en détail : niveau des stocks en magasin, volume des achats en cours, bilan des interventions en réponse aux urgences...

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Walk through any village in India and you will find countless women brimming with potential — sharp, skilled, immensely resilient. Yet, they remain largelyinvisible in our workforce statistics. Even today, India’s female labour force participation hovers around32%, and for rural women it’s often lower. This is despite the mushrooming of skilling...

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame.  Cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — is produced from the bean pods of cacao plants. Cacao thrives under specific ranges of temperature and rainfall.  Warm...

In the tribal and agrarian heartlands of Central India, climate change is not a forecast—it is a lived reality. Monsoons arrive late or little. When they do, they flood rather than nurture. Heatwaves now stretch for months, scorching both crops and people. Agriculture has become a risky gamble, and when...

In NewsDay Zimbabwe, Gary Gerald Mtombeni profiles the inspiring transformation of Dzingai Gondo, a former school painter turned agroecology pioneer in Zvimba district. Now a field officer with the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (Zimsoff), Gondo has turned his homestead into a thriving agroecological demonstration site. Using techniques like contour...

From childhood to adulthood, we all dream. We imagine a future filled with possibilities, and every time someone asks, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” — the answers change with age, exposure, and imagination. But in rural India, this question carries a different weight—especially for girls. While children...

El Programa Transforma Fruticultura Sustentable de Valparaíso es un programa CORFO que busca cambiar el paradigma del rubro y elevar el estándar de la industria en base a 3 pilares: Manejo agronómico sustentable, capital humano y expansión de mercados.

In the heart of India’s villages and underserved communities lies an untapped potential—women whose dreams remain buried beneath poverty, tradition, and lack of opportunity. For decades, rural and underprivileged women have been relegated to the margins of society. Their contributions, though vital, often go unrecognized, and their aspirations are dismissed...

Measuring the performance of food and agricultural systems is critical for their transformation towards a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future. To guide decisions and ensure agrifood systems deliver multiple functions, a holistic systems perspective is needed. Previous reviews of assessment approaches have focused primarily on the farm level and have...