“I’m very excited about receiving the GI certification because this will give us new opportunities, open new markets and businesses,” he adds.

“Throughout the Senegal River Delta, we're facing a drastic decrease in water availability. For this reason, the RESSOURCE Project has started up at just the right moment, offering a positive response to climate change,” Astou affirms.

We were taught how to make apple and orange jam by using simple techniques, which will work for rural women,” said Razan, who will later visit other governorates, such as Lattakia, Rural Damascus and Hama to train rural women.

Mushtari has become a role model to many other women in her community and outside of it.

Beekeeping can help alleviate poverty, protect biodiversity and support food security, thus helping to achieve #ZeroHunger.

In the Pacific, FAO is boosting nutrition in schools, promoting nutritional understanding and supporting healthy eating habits both inside and outside the classroom.

The Slow Food Presidia projects help artisan food producers and farmers all over the world to safeguard their food and agricultural heritage.

The clubs create a space for everyone to become an agent of change – and are thus a vital means of working toward #ZeroHunger and achieving the 2030 Agenda.

FAO tapped into assistance from the Italian Development Cooperation to provide Sonia with spices, a grinder and lessons in business management.

As 30 years of FFS success shows, there are clear global benefits to empowering producers at the local level.

FAO & the Department of International Development are keen to improve the rural families’ production capacity by providing sustainable access to inputs, besides creating rural employment opportunities that target the most vulnerable.

Before the project, the couple used to borrow money often from neighbours to buy groceries or for medical care. Their situation has now dramatically improved.

People have begun referring to Monira and her team as the community poultry doctors. She and the other women vaccinators save money from their work in a joint account, which they intend to use to set up their own commercial farm soon.

The event was attended by technical officers of various Ministers and agencies that are working on strengthening gender perspectives in public policies.

By supporting children’s health from their first 1 000 days of life, FAO is sustainably strengthening the food security and nutrition of future generations and helping to achieve #ZeroHunger.

Although the pilot programme in Kyrgyzstan only serves 29 schools, its success could serve as a model for other initiatives across the country.

Rising above some initial difficulties, such as inconsistent supply of materials and strong competition from imports, the young businesswomen is living her dream and remains optimistic about her evolving business.

A #ZeroHunger world isn’t just about stopping people from going hungry, it is about ensuring that they get enough of the right kind of nutritious food to lead healthy productive lives.

FAO and WFP are working together to support rural farming communities who are gradually returning to their villages after being forced to flee.

As key partners to FAO’s ISPP project, the extension workers from the Ministry of Agriculture have trained the farmers in conservation agriculture techniques, nutrition-sensitive crop production and utilization and aspects of agribusiness.