FAO’s work within the Framework of the Urban Food Agenda includes technical support to subnational governments, to promote their adoption of measures able to guarantee adequate food for citizens, sustainable food production, and generally driving positive changes in consumption habits and lifestyles. This is the case of Manabí, in Ecuador,...

Under the Framework of the FAO Priority Programme “Achieving Sustainable Urban Food Systems” FAO is supporting the Kisumu County in implementing the FAO Urban Food Agenda and Green Cities Initiative activities, with tangible results and impacts on the livelihood of urban and rural population. Generating evidence on urban food systems Today, Kisumu...

  If you paint a picture of the average food market in Nairobi, you will have the image of fresh produce coming in every day, and that of food that has not been sold or has rotten being discarded through available waste collection systems, if any.   Food loss and waste in...

A School Feeding Program is being carried out in Portoviejo in line with the recent agreement between the Prefecture of Manabí, FAO and the Ministry of Education of Ecuador. On November 29, the second day of delivery of local fresh fruit from the peasant family agriculture of the Chone and Santa Ana cantons began. Food was acquired by...

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