Michelle Sandigan Mohammad knows a thing or two about drought. On the island of Mindanao in the Philippines where she tends to her farm, drought has been a frequent foe. Whenever El Niño dry spells occurred in the past, she would lose her crops and income – losses that made...

1 July 2020, Rome/New York - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has stressed that agriculture and rural development are critical for ensuring food security and the eradication of poverty, particularly as countries seek to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

19/02/2020The learning programme “Creating an enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems”, which benefitted 28 policy makers from Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal, has resulted in the development of national action plans that will guide the process to increase responsible investment in agriculture needed in the region....

The complete series of five free courses on rural poverty reduction is now available on FAO’s e-learning Academy as a global public good. The e-learning series is a comprehensive learning path on rural poverty and rural poverty reduction, highlighting key concepts, tools and case studies proven to support efforts to...

On on 17 June from 15:00 - 16:30 CET, the FAO Technical Network on Poverty Analysis (Think-PA) is organising a webinar titled “Behind the scenes of a global poverty number and the challenges of rural estimates”. To register for the webinar, click here.  Overview:The first target of the SDGs is to eradicate extreme...