5 May 2022, Tunis/Rome - Global normative instruments can strengthen stakeholders’ capacities in building a sustainable blue economy, FAO said in a workshop dedicated to this theme held in Tunisia on...

Mountain landscape in Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan.© FAO/Mirbek Kadraliev As the custodian agency for 21 indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is...

Picture of the 1st workshop in April 21 which started the whole subprogramme, co-organized by FAO, UNEP and UNDP under the umbrella of the OnePlanet Network. The Norwegian Cooperation, through the...

© FAO  Critical gaps in the production, availability and use of high-quality agricultural data pose a major challenge across developing regions, particularly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries, due to a number...

Photo Credit: ©FAO FAO, Government and local stakeholders in Ethiopia are working towards strengthening the linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production. As part of the activities undergoing, during a...

Photo Credit: ©FAO 16 June 2022 – Climate change and non-resilient agricultural production systems have resulted in an increase in the number of people suffering from food and nutrition insecurity and loss of livelihoods in...

On Monday, 27 June 2022, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism held its first Resource Partner Consultation of the year. Resource Partners represented at the meeting included: Australia, Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The Con

The Government of Flanders (Belgium) has just contributed EUR 3 million with the signing of a new agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unted Nations (FAO) to bolster the...

Like many young people in Tunisia, Mohamed hit a crossroads when his family lost their livelihood. He migrated to the capital city to make money, but he made it his...

This story was produced thanks to activities implemented under the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC): "Leveraging global instruments and knowledge products" to improve the governance of pastoral lands in Mauritania. The project contributed,...

Sustainable livestock systems can be a major player in the fight against climate change, poverty and food insecurity. By addressing climate change in the livestock sector, countries are doing their...

Uganda - Drying racks provided by the project helped improve the processing and the quality of silverfish, making them available for human consumption and sell at higher prices. ©FAO/Agatha Ayebazibwe. The...

Loi Angela Kitamirike in Kawempe Division, Uganda, runs a diaspora-led farming enterprise to support food security and rural development. At her farm, she connects generations with each other which leads...

Kampala, Uganda – “Uganda is Africa in miniature” said Susan Ngongi Namondo, UN Resident Coordinator, at the wrap up of the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) Resource Partners’ Field Trip, held in Uganda...

In 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) launched the global Digital Villages Initiative to promote digital innovations to rural communities. Now the initiative is being...

An FAO-led pioneering approach that combines modelling with analyses provides an innovative array of policy mixes for decision-makers on agrifood systems in Indonesia and Uganda What if you could foresee the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partner Amot Farmers Development Association Ltd (AFDAS) in Amolatar District, have organized the first Dimitra Clubs Forum in...

Ethiopia: Empowering Agricultural Innovation: Agri-innovation Bootcamp in Ethiopia In the heart of the agricultural landscape where innovation and tradition intersect, Ethiopia's Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs bootcamp - in partnership with the...

Rwanda will host a multi-stakeholder workshop to review its livestock and climate policy environment and discuss opportunities to enhance livestock climate actions. Recent severe floods and landslides have again shown climate...

National livestock stakeholders discussed assessment results and baseline of greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cattle systems in Rwanda. Livestock stakeholders in Rwanda recently convened to discuss the outcomes of the assessment...