While the agricultural sector is a known contributor to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the potential role of food loss and waste (FLW) in AMR dissemination has been largely overlooked. FLW, a byproduct of inefficient food systems, poses economic, environmental, and food security challenges. It may also act as a reservoir and...

In this first episode of The Work We Do, we speak with Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Máximo served as the Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at IFPRI and later as an Executive Director for the World Bank representing...

From alpacas to Bactrian camels, dromedaries, guanacos, llamas, vicuñas and wild camels, camelids contribute to food security, nutrition and economic growth. They provide transport and produce milk, meat and fibre, even under the most extreme climatic conditions. Camelids also hold strong cultural significance and make an important contribution to the...

This International Women’s Day, the theme “Give to Gain” invites reflection not only on what must be invested, but on how change is built. For FAO’s Communication for Development (ComDev), investing in rural women and girls means strengthening the communication processes that allow them to participate, influence decisions and shape...

The first days of 2026 have already shown that the global economic outlook remains uncertain. In rural areas, small-scale farmers and producers continue to face a lack of capital, climate shocks, regional fragility and limited access to markets. These rural areas also present one of the world’s greatest opportunities. Rural communities are key to global stability, underpinning food security, resilience and productivity – and IFAD’s investments demonstrate that they can become engines of economic growth.

This synthesis draws on 58 evaluations conducted by the FAO Office of Evaluation in Africa between 2022 and 2025, complemented by a portfolio analysis of 1 201 FAO projects launched in the Africa region in the last four years, to inform strategic learning and future programming.  

Although climate change is a global challenge, it does not affect all people equally. This research project uses a novel dataset spanning six sub-Saharan African countries and combining nationally representative socio-economic survey data with daily rainfall and temperature information. Using regression analysis, we show that when rural areas are exposed...

Cette vidéo présente le projet TAPSA 2 au Niger, visant la souveraineté alimentaire face au changement climatique dans les régions de Tillabéri, Kollo et Say. Grâce aux formations en agroécologie et à la structuration en coopératives, les producteur-rices et acteur-rices ruraux améliorent leurs rendements via le compostage bio et les...

This publication provides a set of orientations for member countries to develop agricultural innovation and extension policies to underpin agrifood systems transformations towards sustainability. It highlights key policy areas, including (1) facilitating agricultural innovation system assessment; (2) identifying innovation agendas; (3) advancing research for sustainable development; (4) strengthening the public...

Cette note traite de la sécurisation foncière des femmes au Sénégal comme pilier de la résilience climatique. Malgré des cadres juridiques favorables, les barrières structurelles limitent l’accès réel des producteur-rices à la terre. La publication recommande d’articuler systématiquement le foncier à l’autonomisation économique et d’imposer la parité dans les instances de gouvernance...

Ce podcast explore la transition agroécologique de la filière cacao en Côte d’Ivoire. Face aux crises climatiques, Rolande Ettien (Nitidae), Séri Brou (Apdra) et Anny Estelle N’Guessan (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny) présentent des solutions innovantes comme l’agroforesterie et la pisciculture intégrée. Soutenu par le projet Cocoa4Future, ce travail souligne l’importance de...

This statistical briefing note examines the scale, characteristics and drivers of child labour in agriculture, drawing on the 2024 ILO–UNICEF Global Estimates. It shows that agriculture remains the sector employing the majority of children in child labour worldwide, with particularly high prevalence among younger children and in rural, low-income and...

Alain Biseau analyse l’état des stocks halieutiques mondiaux et français selon les données 2025 de la FAO et de l’IFREMER. Il observe une amélioration en Atlantique Nord-Est grâce à une gestion durable, malgré des disparités persistantes en Afrique. L’expert souligne que le changement climatique et les pollutions surpassent désormais la...

Cette étude analyse le Soutien des prix du marché (SPM) à l’échelle mondiale, révélant les disparités entre les nations qui subventionnent leurs productrices et producteurs (Chine, Japon) et celles qui les taxent implicitement pour protéger le pouvoir d’achat urbain (Inde, Argentine). L’auteur, Monsieur Tapsoba, démontre que ces arbitrages politiques influencent...

En esta publicación se aborda la gestión sostenible del suelo y el agua, los recursos esenciales para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático, garantizar la seguridad alimentaria y avanzar hacia sistemas agroalimentarios más sostenibles, eficientes e inclusivos. Dirigida a técnicos agrícolas, extensionistas, formuladores de políticas y profesionales del desarrollo, en...

In Tamale, northern Ghana, on a hot day in March, a group of around 40 women are irrigating small vegetable plots leased from the village chief for the dry season. In the past, this meant spending the entire day carrying heavy buckets of water back and forth from a small reservoir...

Highlights We assess the differential effects of climate stressors on rural people based on their wealth, gender, and age using data from 24 countries. Poor and female-headed households lose significantly more of their income due to extreme weather than non-poor and male-headed households. Households headed by youth rely on off-farm income sources to...

Ongoing debates on the importance of creating a more inclusive and democratic food governance context have widely emphasised the potential of “food policy councils” as multi-actor alliances that cut across science, policy and society. Building on empirical insights about the variety of initiatives and arrangements designed to include all residents...

This webinar, co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (the Climate Centre), the World Bank, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Universal Social Protection 2030 Working Group on Social Protection...

Cities, where an increasing proportion of the world’s population lives, are critical for transforming food systems to address widening social inequalities, including food insecurity and barriers to accessing healthy diets, and excessive pressures on Earth systems, like climate, biodiversity, and land. Urban food markets play a central role in this...