As the world faces armed conflicts, a climate crisis, an economic slowdown, and the depletion of natural resources, parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition is critical. Parliamentarians – with their powers to draft and adopt legislation, approve public budgets and monitor the implementation of public policies and government commitments – are well placed to ensure that food security and nutrition, the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, and the transformation of food systems are prioritized on national policy and legislative agendas. To look at the way forward through parliamentary action, FAO, together with the Spanish Agency...

As the world faces conflicts, a climate crisis, COVID-19 and the depletion of natural resources, parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition is critical. Parliamentarians – with their powers to draft and adopt legislation, approve public budgets and monitor the implementation of public policies and government commitments – are well placed to ensure that food security and nutrition are prioritized on national political and legislative agendas. To look at the way forward through parliamentary action, FAO, together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in close collaboration with the Chilean government, the Spanish Parliament, the National Congress of Chile and the Parliamentary Front against Hunger...

On 13 March 2023, FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, Regional Office for Africa, and Development Law Service addressed the Gender Committee of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to highlight key legal challenges to gender equality in agrifood systems and provide recommendations for the development of a new model law.  Proposal of a model law on gender equality in agrifood systems comes as part of an ongoing collaboration between FAO and PAP to develop regional framework laws to improve food security and nutrition in Africa. FAO and PAP have had a Memorandum of Understanding in place since 2016 under the...

La XXVIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno aprobó instrumentos clave para abordar desafíos comunes en el ámbito medioambiental, de seguridad alimentaria y derechos en entornos digitales, así como 16 comunicados especiales entre los que se destaca una propuesta para una financiación internacional más justa para los países en desarrollo. Las Jefas y Jefes de Estado afirmaron que Iberoamérica requiere avanzar en una recuperación post-COVID que lleve a reducir desigualdades y a la vez alinee los compromisos de la región con la agenda global de desarrollo. Los instrumentos aprobados en la XXVIII Cumbre Iberoamericana tienen una...

Presidents and parliamentarians from eleven Central African countries came together in a meeting that was held over two days (27 and 28 February 2023), and back-to-back with the third international conference of the Network of Parliamentarians for the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems. Taking stock of the progress made in pursuing the network's objectives and renewing its political commitment, discussions included an assessment of the food and nutrition situation in Central Africa, the role of parliaments in promoting...