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UN experts put water governance at the centre of climate resilience talks
A new proposed global index suggests institutional reform may be as important as rainfall to tackle climate and water crises
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Speaking the language of the islands: Governance lessons for inclusive agrifood systems in the Pacific
How FAO-supported consultations across Pacific Island countries confirm that language, culture, and geography are key to enabling transformative, participatory and representative dialogue. Read the blog by Fiasili Lam and Malia Talakai
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New governance pathways for food security in the Near East and North Africa

While food security is firmly established as a policy priority in the region, institutional coordination remains limited. New governance platforms in Jordan and the UAE provide important insights into how systems-based approaches can be operationalized.
Read the blog by Ahmad Mukhtar

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Governance and forest monitoring: A shift in approach
Understanding institutions, power and coordination is proving essential to making national forest monitoring systems work. Read and watch recent highlights from Marco Mezzera, a Governance Specialist with the Global Forest Observations Initiative
BLOG
Managing fisheries means managing policy choices
How fishery management plans in Senegal and Mauritania transformed overfishing from a technical problem into a governance opportunity - Blog by Lionel Kinadjian

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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ICARRD+20: Putting women’s land rights back on the agrarian reform agenda?

16 March 2026 - Twenty years after landmark global commitments, ICARRD+20 spotlights how persistent gender inequalities in land ownership continue to undermine rural development - and calls for urgent reforms to secure women’s land rights as a cornerstone of resilient, equitable food systems

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Governance and forest monitoring: A shift in approach

10 March 2026 - Understanding institutions, power and coordination is proving essential to making national forest monitoring systems work. Read and watch recent highlights from Marco Mezzera, a Governance Specialist with the Global Forest Observations Initiative

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Rising Global Food Insecurity: Assessing Policy Responses

Aug 20, 2025, 14:59 PM
The outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic in early 2020 and the war in Ukraine have contributed to the further deterioration of the global food security situation, increasing food prices worldwide. This report was produced at the request of G20 Leaders, through their G20 Bali Declaration of November 2022, for FAO and the World Bank Group to undertake a mapping exercise on the global responses to rising food insecurity, with the objective of identifying any major gaps in these responses.
Title : Rising Global Food Insecurity: Assessing Policy Responses
Link to External Url : https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc5392en
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*Publication Date : Apr 12, 2023, 12:00 PM

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