Amplifying the voices of women farmers is proving an effective way to help tackle gender inequality and promote agroecology, helping small-scale farmers take back power over their land.

High rainfalls in mountainous agricultural regions trigger a need for intervention to help farmers confront food insecurity and restore and protect their soil. 

The Organic Agriculture Centre of Kenya (OACK) saw that by providing the right skills, information and support, they could help small-scale farmers move away from subsistence farming and into thriving livelihoods that improve their local communities and the landscapes they live in

KAFSCUL (Karamoja Agro-Farm Systems Consults), a private organization in Uganda, has been working with small-scale farmers in Jie County to improve soil fertility and make farmland more resilient to adverse weather conditions. 

The Society’s objectives are to encourage and support the development, experimentation, evaluation, and application of participatory mapping methods globally in order to foster interaction and research in this scientific field, and to coordinate with other organizations in the study of participatory processes, mapping, and quantitative analyses. The Society places a...

Agroecology is a dynamic concept that has gained prominence in scientific, agricultural and political discourse in recent years. It is increasingly promoted as being able to contribute to transforming food systems by applying ecological principles to agriculture and ensuring a regenerative use of natural resources and ecosystem services while also addressing the...

The Shashe farms in the Runde catchment area of Zimbabwe extend across three villages. Since 2010, over 500 families from the region have worked alongside ZIMSOFF (Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum) and AZTREC (Association of Zimbabwe Traditional Environmental Conversationists) to revive arid cattle-ranching land into rich, abundant food forests.

Agricultural communities in Kenya are rehabilitating prisoners through agroecology in a bid to reduce reoffending and revive local independent coffee farms.

Strengthening the productive potential of men and women farmers in arid and poor areas of the Sahel: The case of efficient and accessible agroecological practices in the county of Loga, Niger

As announced in the EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies and in the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the European Commission is developing an Integrated Nutrient Management Action Plan¹ (INMAP) to tackle the currently unsustainable nutrient flows in the EU. The INMAP will aim to deliver on the European Green...

El estudio de la composición funcional del té herbal de guayabo busca mejorar el proceso y la calidad de esta reciente opción de agroindustria del cultivo. A través de esta opción se ofrece un producto que facilita la tradición de usar las hojas de guayaba en infusión o tisana para...

Through the support of the European Union and Sweden, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under ENPARD IV, supports smallholder women dairy farmers in Georgia with knowledge and matching grants to improve food safety of their products. Thousands of them have taken part in FAO Farmer...

Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, farmers, innovators, and communities are transforming agriculture into a driver of sustainability. The Case Studies Promoting Bioeconomy through Agricultural Practice in Europe and Central Asia takes readers on a journey through ten inspiring examples where tradition meets innovation – from vermicomposting in Armenia and...

Genetic diversity is fundamental to a species’ ability to adapt, evolve, andsurvive over time, while also providing essential services to humankind.In the context of food and agriculture, this diversity results from bothnatural evolution and artificial selection through domestication and geneticimprovement. Maintaining and restoring such diversity is critical to ensure thelong-term...

La transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios constituye una oportunidad clave para superar las trampas estructurales del desarrollo en América Latina, mediante aumentos de productividad, sostenibilidad e inclusión. Aunque la mayoría de los productores en Colombia son pequeños, su integración a las cadenas de valor sigue siendo limitada debido a restricciones...

Around the world, women represent only one‑third of researchers and about 35 percent of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates, a figure that has barely shifted in a decade. This untapped potential and equality gap is mirrored throughout agrifood systems, where women are a majority of agrifood workforce but...

Foni – Women in The Gambia have long navigated hazardous waters to collect oysters from mangroves without knowing how to swim. That reality is now changing thanks to a swimming programme run by the global aquatic value chain development programme FISH4ACP, which has reached one in four harvesters nationwide — and...

Ce film explore les alternatives à l’agrobusiness en Belgique, au Pérou et au Burkina Faso. À travers les témoignages de Cédric, Diamar et Mariam, le documentaire démontre que l’agriculture familialedurable constitue un modèle crédible pour nourrir l’humanité sans épuiser la planète. Ces paysan·nes et producteur·ices prouvent qu’une transition vers des...

La edición digital del Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe 2025 muestra los avances de los indicadores de seguridad alimentaria y nutrición en la región. Su objetivo es informar los análisis a nivel regional y nacional, y apoyar una mayor coordinación...

The 2025 digital edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition presents the status of key food security and nutrition indicators, based on the latest available data. Its purpose is to inform analyses at both the regional and the country levels, while supporting...