Gender equality and the nexus of climate change, biodiversity and nutrition

19/03/2025

In this episode, we explore the link between gender equality and the nexus of climate change, biodiversity and nutrition.

Women vaccinators: driving changes in rural Bangladesh

01/05/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, and its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh, implemented the Upazila to Community (U2C) program in 2016. This initiative trains women as poultry vaccinators, empowering them with independence and skills.

Why rural women pay the highest price of the climate crisis

01/03/2024

This is the main finding of FAO's "The Unjust Climate" report, explains in this interview Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Conflict and climate change require collective action to address food insecurity

01/02/2024

Conflict and hunger are inextricably linked to one another. Conflict often leads to severe humanitarian crises, resulting in heightened levels of hunger in specific regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges, explains Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General, in this interview.

Colombia’s sea women net a better deal

01/01/2024

In Colombia, the coastal town of Buenaventura boasts one of the country’s busiest ports. Local communities rely to a great extent on fisheries and aquaculture to make a living, and women make up a large part of the workforce. These women fish sellers – known as the Platoneras - work informally and earn low wages.

Venezuela's forest guardians leading the way

01/03/2022

Imataca is a vast tropical forest in southeast Venezuela spanning 38,000 square kilometers. Rich in biodiversity, the forest is home to thousands of plant and animal species. Decades of illegal logging and mining have led to deforestation and loss of wildlife. The Karina indigenous people living ...

The women working in crises

16/12/2020

According to UN figures, over 27 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are in need of humanitarian aid this year as a result of protracted conflict and violence and other structural problems. In this podcast, FAO’s Silvia Risi talks about her humanitarian work in DRC.

Empowering women clam harvesters

01/03/2020

300 kilometers south of Tunis, in the Gulf of Gabes, women have long harvested clams to generate an income. The seasonal work is often labor intensive and poorly paid. That is why FAO, in collaboration with the Tunisian government and a local women’s association, have created a pilot project to s...

Is fish the new fashion?

01/03/2019

Lake Turkana is the largest desert salt lake in the world. Situated in Kenya’s northernmost region, the remote lake is rich in biodiversity and is a lifeline for the isolated communities whose economic opportunities there are few and far between. But a local entrepreneur, has come up with nove...