The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is Africa’s policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth and prosperity for all. In Maputo, Mozambique in 2003, the African Union (AU) Summit made the first declaration [...]

FAO is committed to promoting gender equality in its work by systematically examining and addressing the needs, priorities and experiences of both women and men throughout the development of its policies, normative standards, programmes, projects and knowledge-building activities, so that [...]

CLCPRO (Commission for controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region) was established in 2002 and succeded CLCPANO (Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa). CLCPRO aims to promote actions, research and training at national, regional and international [...]

The objectives of CACFish are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living aquatic resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus. To achieve its objectives, CACFish has the following [...]

The Three Pillars of the EuFMD strategy to counter the threat of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is to work simultaneously with member countries on their preparedness, with European neighbours to put in place sustainable control programmes, and to support and [...]

The Food Security Information Network (FSIN) is a global initiative co-sponsored by FAO, WFP and IFPRI to strengthen food and nutrition security information systems for producing reliable and accurate data to guide analysis and decision-making. FSIN serves as a neutral technical [...]