Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have this week launched a “National Strategy on Women in Agriculture Development”.

Her Excellency the Honourable Baleka Mbete, Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, delivered a special address this week at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on gender mainstreaming in the African region and beyond.

FAO’s Deputy Director of Social Protection, Brave Ndisale, spoke on behalf of the Organization at this year’s Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag 2015) in Berlin, Germany.

Un nuevo informe de la FAO analiza el “techo de cristal” en el sector.

El objetivo es concienciar sobre los riesgos de los productos químicos tóxicos y la forma de reducirlos

Jars of cactus pear jam produced in Ethiopia thanks to a partnership between FAO and Italian food store Eataly have reached the shelves of the store in Rome.

Over ten years ago, in the village of Mvugo in Burundi, an FAO project set out to improve fish-processing methods with a simple innovation – a system of raised racks for drying fish. Today, the project's impact can be seen across Africa. And this weekend,

A cooperative of women in Ethiopia is set to reach the international market thanks to a partnership between Italian gourmet food store Eataly and FAO.

El FIDA, el PMA y la FAO celebran la contribución de las mujeres a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional.

"Estamos muy contentas, porque a partir de hoy, con la FTT, nuestras condiciones para ahumar el pescado han cambiado", asegura Deborah Oulou, un procesadora de Costa de Marfil.

African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to focus on a continent-wide commitment to end hunger by 2025 and on efforts to boost the role of women in achieving prosperity in Africa. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and FAO Director-Gen

African ministers responsible for gender and women’s affairs attended the 9th African Regional Conference on Women for the twenty-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), and adopted a Declaration callin

Closing the gender gap is not only the right thing to do; it is the smart thing to do for improved agriculture and food security for all. This was a key message among several discussed at the recent High Level Side Event on "Family farming interventions t

La Agenda de Desarrollo Post-2015 debería dar alta prioridad a las mujeres rurales y a su papel en la erradicación de la pobreza – he aquí el mensaje clave de los panelistas que participaron, el 15 de octubre, en el acto especial que celebraba el Día Inte

Un programa conjunto UE-FAO aborda las necesidades de formación de los profesionales de la agricultura y la seguridad alimentaria.

Securing land rights for vulnerable groups is a necessary step towards achieving greater food security and equality. Land carries social, cultural and economic value, but many find themselves without access to its benefits as a result of exclusionary prac

FAO Deputy Director-General for Knowledge, Maria Helena Semedo, will speak at United Nations Headquarters this week, during a high-level Ministerial breakfast meeting on gender equality in land ownership.

A set of stories that illustrate some of the challenges that rural women farmers face every day, the determined and dynamic ways in which they decide to deal with them, and the ways in which their ingenuity and perseverance lead to greater food security,

Joint FAO-World Bank project aims to enable change through data-gathering, education.

La FAO destaca el papel de la igualdad de género para acabar con el hambre y promover sistemas alimentarios sostenibles, al celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer