As the world marks the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June, here are four examples of the work FAO is doing to tackle this issue from the field right up to the global level, to ensure that children have a childhood.

A new World Bank project plans to make locally grown produce more readily available in Albania via micro food hubs set up on the outskirts of five major cities. At these hubs, small-scale farmers can sort, grade, package and sell their fruits and vegetables directly to local distributors and wholesale clients like restaurants, convenience stores and specialty shops.

Today’s new country support for Uganda’s dairy sector comes at a time when the country’s estimated production of raw milk has ballooned from 1.9 billion litres in 2014 to 2.8 billion in 2021. Despite that impressive growth, the dairy sector faces testing times ahead.

The initiative aims to diversify agrifood exports to non-traditional markets, including fruit and vegetables alongside the more established grain and cereal sectors. For wine, areas of work include improving the quality and consistency of production and developing a marketing strategy to promote the region’s wine on the international markets.

According to the review, 2022 saw the Centre clock some notable achievements against the backdrop of volatile food, fertilizer and fuel prices, supply chain disruptions, conflict, the climate crisis, humanitarian emergencies and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those include support in the design of 45 public investment projects in 32 countries, worth a total of $8.8 billion in new investments – up 22 percent from the previous year’s $7.2 billion.

A new course on quantifying the effects of activities, investments, projects, or policies on greenhouse gas emissions using the FAO Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is now available online for policymakers, researchers and project managers alike through the Organization’s eLearning Academy.

Shorena Jambazishvili is responsible for inputting all data into Georgia's online National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), which records the data of all livestock that must be registered by law, their keepers and keeping locations.

Picture patches of tropical, dry forest separated by agricultural land stretched across the surface of six countries at the heart of the American continent. This is the Central American Dry Corridor, a 1 600-kilometre-long expanse through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama – home to 11.5 million rural people, who largely depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

The study generated a wealth of evidence on promising investments in farmers’ human capital. A global report, nine country case studies and three investment briefs have also been published, in addition to the new toolkit. 

В новом докладе Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) отмечается, что "сокращение гендерного неравенства в агропродовольственных системах и расширение прав и возможностей женщин способствует борьбе с голодом, стимул...

To meet Uganda's beef rising demand largely driven by population growth, the government is looking to boost both beef production and exports including by analysing the effects of trade and market policies on the price incentives facing beef producers during 2005–2020. More than half of households in Uganda depend on livestock for their livelihoods, with cattle valued at USD 8.7 million per year.

While keeping its firm commitment to the environment and preserve its status as a green champion, Bhutan is looking to promote Brand Bhutan through the development of high-value niche agrifood products for the export market. 

Various missions took place in the month of March. Colleagues from headquarters met with our partners in European Union institutions and bodies and the Belgian government.

Private sector investors can help to empower farmers and optimise returns by partnering with governments and development agencies, reveals a new FAO investment brief.

AgriConnect is the first digital solution which can offer both a savings and lending option for small-holder farmers in Uganda.

Featuring case studies of farmer empowerment and land regeneration throughout China, the series showcases how some of China's 250 million smallholders are reaping benefits from greener production methods. Three key aspects of agriculture transformation a

It goes without saying that water is key to producing the food we eat. But water is becoming increasingly scarce, driven in part by population growth and climate change. Given water’s importance to agriculture – irrigated agriculture already accounts for

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has finalized the latest update of a toolkit that aims to revolutionize small and middle-sized rural entrepreneurship. RuralInvest, the methodology developed by the FAO Investment Centre, o

Nestled in the vast plains of Georgia, in the shadows of the snow-covered Caucasus mountains, Malika Machalikashvili’s farm in Pankisi Gorge was once pretty traditional. She and her family shared the day-to-day work of caring for the livestock and pou

A new brief from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the FAO Investment Centre looks at the unprecedented growth in food e-commerce triggered by the pandemic. It considers how e-commerce has become a fundamental means of food