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Together for farmers: FAO and COP29 Presidency launch the ‘Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers’
19/11/2024

Empowering women in agricultural trade through access to finance
01/11/2024
In 2021, FAO launched the programme Empowering Women in Agriculture Tra...

Commit to Grow Equality attracts broad commitments from partners to increase gender equality in agrifood systems
28/10/2024
FAO’s Commit to Grow Equality initiative has attracted an initial set of wide-ranging commitments from a diverse group of stakeholders that could benefit up to 54 million women in agrifood systems.

World Food Forum: Inclusive innovation takes centre stage at SIF 2024
18/10/2024

World Food Forum: putting youth at the forefront in efforts to tackle hunger ensuring good food for all, for today and tomorrow
14/10/2024

Filipino community leader wins Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2024
27/07/2024

Inequality stands in the way of the global fight against hunger, FAO tells G20
23/07/2024
In a world where the climate crisis is affecting the food security of the most vulnerable, economic growth must be supported by policies aimed at reducing inequalities, QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), told a G20 Development ...

On International Tea Day, FAO spotlights the role of women in the sector and their significant contributions
21/05/2024
Women’s vital roles in the tea industry and how to overcome the challenges they face was the theme of today' s celebration for the 2024 International Tea Day hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organiza...

FAO welcomes the celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026
02/05/2024
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Transforming discriminatory gender norms to build food security and reduce gender based violence in Zimbabwe
22/04/2024
In the small Lowveld town of Chiredzi, 433 km from Zimbabwe’s capital c...

Climate, gender and innovation are top priorities for FAO-North America collaboration
09/04/2024

FAO and AfDB host joint event on investing in gender equality to mitigate and prevent food crises and transform agrifood systems
05/04/2024

FAO and chef Fatmata Binta announce new project to empower women fonio producers in Ghana
29/03/2024

FAO launches global commitment to enhance gender equality in agrifood systems
27/03/2024
Investing in women in agrifood systems in order to close gaps in productivity and wages is crucial to grow the global economy by $1 trillion, reduce hunger for 45 million people, and incre...

FAO calls for increased financing for gender equality in agrifood systems at CSW68
21/03/2024
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Investing in women and girls makes economic sense and accelerates progress for millions of people
07/03/2024

FAO report: Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap
05/03/2024
Rome - Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older populations, as their capacity to react and adapt to extreme weather events is unequal, a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) finds.

Agrifood systems transformation holds the key to our environmental challenges
01/03/2024

FAO report: In 2023, in Asia-Pacific millions of people have been unable to afford a healthy diet – women fare worse than men
11/12/2023
