Family farmers and small-scale producers can solve many of the global issues related to restoring ecosystems and feeding a growing population, but more investment is needed to strengthen their knowledge and skills through extension services such as farmer field schools,...

 The farmer field school community wants to hear from you!   Are you interested in supporting sustainable transitions to agrifood systems? Do you believe that Farmer Field Schools have a key role to play in such transformations?    FAO, in collaboration with partners at IFAD, CIRAD...

Digital tools are making access to information more and more possible, and participatory videos are a great way for farmers to share their experiences with other farmers in their own countries and beyond. In the RFS Uganda project sites, Farmer...

Background Current global challenges put strong emphasis on the urgent need for a sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems. Recognizing these challenges, the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 focuses on the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems....

“The turning point came when my husband and I participated in the FAO training together. That’s where my motivation to become a beekeeper came from,” says Fatoumata Kandé, a farmer and mother from the village of Sare Bidji in the...