Twenty-two emerging agrifood leaders from Lesotho, Rwanda and Sierra Leone have just completed a transformative study visit to Ireland in the framework of the FAO HASTEN initiative —Harnessing SDG-based Agrifood System Transformation through the Empowerment of the Next-Generation of Agrifood Leadership in Africa. The study visit, held from 28 April to 3 May, marks a key milestone in the project’s mission to accelerate youth-driven agrifood transformation across the continent...

When the ovens heat up in Ecuador's Manabí province, Sofía García Muguerza is doing much more than baking. Her cakes and pastries – made with seasonal fruit and Ecuador’s prized cacao arriba nacional – are her way of giving added value to a region whose food culture she deeply cherishes. Her ambition is clear: to develop her business and highlight local and endemic flavours through baked goods with identity...

Food systems are much more than simple agricultural production. They encompass all activities and actors that enable populations to be fed: from production to consumption, through processing, distribution and waste management. These systems constitute the backbone of human development, but they face unprecedented challenges today...

Morocco remains committed to transforming its food systems in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. In this context, the national roadmap, approved in July 2024 following the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), forms the strategic basis for this initiative...

Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Lusaka City Council and ICLEI Africa – Local Governments for Sustainability, the workshop ran from 28 to 29 May 2025 under the theme “Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship Across Agrifood Systems.” It brought together young agripreneurs, city authorities, government representatives, civil society, and development partners to collectively explore ways to strengthen youth engagement across food systems...

Dimitra Clubs are a community-centered approach backed by FAO. Groups of men, women, and youth come together – engage proactively on issues affecting their communities. The purpose of these clubs is to nurture social capital, promote gender equality, and agency to find solutions to challenges facing rural communities...

In the quiet, rural villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in northern Zambia, a silent but powerful change is unfolding, driven by the villagers themselves. Fishing is at the heart of life in these lakeside communities. It provides food, supports families, and keeps the local economy going. But for many years, infrastructure and access to basic services have made it hard for people to thrive...

In the farming community of rural Homs, a transformative initiative has taken place. With generations of unequal social norms, women and girls in many rural areas in Syria are subjected to different forms of discrimination and social injustice...

In Kilifi County, agriculture has long been shaped by deeply rooted social norms that influence who makes decisions, who controls income, and whose labour is recognised. These dynamics have often limited women’s participation in agribusiness, despite women constituting a significant share of the agricultural workforce...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Penn State University have signed a cooperation agreement which will enhance their collaboration on establishing Youth Food Lab North America at Penn State to support young innovators. The agreement was signed by FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen and Penn State's Assistant Treasurer Kimberly J. Fisher...

On 4 July 2025, the Youth Food Lab (YFL) Nepal officially launched its 2025 Agrifood Incubation Programme with a virtual kick-off session...

The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) celebrated the 2025 Youth Food Lab (YFL) cohort, at the YFL Global finals, held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2025, during the WFF flagship event...

El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) formalizaron la firma del proyecto “Neutralidad de la Degradación de la Tierra para una mayor resiliencia al cambio climático en la República Dominicana”, con financiamiento del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (GEF, por sus siglas en inglés)...

Dotadas con un equipo de riego por goteo, un banco de plántulas, un estanque piscícola para más de 2 500 peces y una planta de energía eléctrica con paneles solares, estas estructuras, además de mejorar la producción y proteger los cultivos, se han convertido en espacios de aprendizaje y colaboración...

In Cabo Verde, more than 1 500 women known as peixeiras, work daily to sell fish, sustaining their families and feeding their communities. They are resilient women who face multiple challenges to keep alive an activity that is vital for the country's food security...

Supported by FAO's Flexible Voluntary Contribution Programme, the initiative in Cabo Verde is focused on promoting equitable access to resources for small-scale producers (SSPs) and family farmers through policy strengthening, strategies and programmes. To this end, a fisher's registry will be created and implemented to enhance the socioeconomic data of fishers and fishmongers, and specific legislation for the sector will ensure the adequate inclusion of fishers within social protection programmes...

À l’origine utilisés comme des outils de recherche, les Observatoires du Foncier en Afrique deviennent à partir des années 1990, des dispositifs essentiels de gouvernance foncière...

Water scarcity continues to challenge Malawi's agricultural sector. Exacerbated by climate change and the country’s heavy reliance on rainfed agriculture, this challenge threatens food security and places the livelihoods of farmers in the country at high risk...

On 15 October 2025, during the World Food Forum (WFF), the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Research Services at Chitedze Research Station in Malawi received international recognition for the impactful solution of ‘Addressing water scarcity in agriculture through applied and adaptive research on sorghum and cowpea and the promotion of drought resilient and nutritious varieties'...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, is continuing its collaborative work to develop national food-based dietary guidelines, grounded in the principles of agrifood systems...