Transforming food and agriculture for sustainable development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a bold, transformational change to achieve a world that is more inclusive, fair, sustainable and resilient. It’s a world free of hunger and extreme poverty, one that protects the sustainable use of biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystem services for development.
This corporate portal is a gateway to FAO’s policy and governance support work to build sustainable food systems that can help countries achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda. FAO, itself the world’s leading forum for policy dialogue, promotes evidence-based policymaking from national to regional and global levels as countries prioritize challenges, implement decisions and monitor their effectiveness.
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Indonesia and FAO launch governance training initiative to strengthen agrifood systems transformation
29 June 2026 - Indonesia, in collaboration with FAO, has launched a three-day governance training programme for senior ministry officials to advance sustainable agrifood systems and food security
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Morocco seeks stronger water-agriculture coordination amid growing scarcity
15 June 2026 - A high-level dialogue in Rabat brought together water and agriculture officials and experts to explore stronger coordination and governance approaches for balancing food production with Morocco’s increasingly scarce water resources.
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Tools and methods to support the design and implementation of policies for agrifood systems transformation. A handbook for policymakers
2026
This handbook provides policymakers with the tools and methods needed to improve the design and implementation of agrifood systems policies. Drawing on FAO’s seminal publication Transforming Food and Agriculture through a Systems Approach, the handbook, in the form of training modules, aims to strengthen policymakers’ capacities to improve policy coherence, mobilize innovation and investment, and accelerate agrifood systems transformation.
The status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa
2026
The report reviews and analyses women’s opportunities and constraints in economic and social processes in sub-Saharan Africa, while taking stock and assessing progress made in closing a series of gender gaps. It provides new directions, examples of policies and good practices that promote gender, climate and environmentally just agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2026. Trade, resilience and food security: Global food markets under stress
2026
The 2026 edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets examines how such shocks affect trade, how disruptions are transmitted through trade linkages, and what this means for global food security. It highlights the need for trade policies that reflect the interdependence of agrifood systems, strengthen resilience and help mitigate the effects of shocks on food markets and food security.
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