Many of us look back on our childhoods with warm feelings. But for more than 150 million girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17 around the world, childhood means something else: poverty, a lack of education and working long hours in dangerous conditions. Child labour is defined as...

FAO today urged nations to pay greater attention and allocate more financial resources to addressing child labour in domestic and local food supply chains and in subsistence farming where the vast majority of child labour in agriculture occurs. The call for action was made as FAO observed World Day Against Child...

The launch of the FAO framework on rural extreme poverty will take place on 18 June in Rome. A panel discussion will take place addressing good practices and challenges ahead in eliminating rural poverty. Concept note: Today, about 783 million people live in extreme poverty. Primarily a rural phenomenon, the share of the population living...

Family farmers, who are on the frontline of global efforts to fight undernourishment and other forms of malnutrition and to promote healthy eating, require stronger support amid rising hunger and obesity around the world, the President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, said in Rome today. "In a world...

Enhancing global partnerships to strengthen local capacity Sharing successful experiences on the use of technological innovations for rural development and how these innovations are useful for all development actors was the focus of the 3rd annual International Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships. The Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships was organized...