Publications
Thematic highlights
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Thematic highlight
Celebrating the power of pulses
Thematic highlight
Transforming agriculture for a sustainable future
Thematic highlight
Gender equality in plant production and protection
All publications
Women's leadership and gender equality in climate action and disaster risk reduction in Africa
01/2021
Despite the key roles that rural women play in food systems, in agrobiodiversity conservation, natural resource management, food production, preparation and marketing, rural women are particularly affected by the impacts of climate change due to limited access and control over resources fundamental to adaptation and limited participation in decision-making processes.
FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020 - 2030
01/2020
Gender equality is essential to achieve FAO’s mandate of a world free from hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The Organization recognizes that persisting inequalities between women and men are a major obstacle to agriculture and rural development
Indigenous women, daughters of Mother Earth
01/2020
There are 476 million indigenous peoples around the world, constituting 6.2 percent of the global population and, according to different sources, representing more than 19% of the extreme poor (ILO, 2019) of the world. Half of this population are women (approximately 240 million).
Crop ecology, cultivation and uses of cactus pear
01/2017
The FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus (CactusNet) was established in 1993 to support the promotion of this underutilized crop.
Pulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
01/2016
The aim of raising global awareness on the multitude of benefits of pulses was integral to the International Year of Pulses. This coffee table book is part guide and part cookbook - informative without being technical.