Rural African women embrace agroecology: FAO
The United Nations’ (UN) Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says at least a third of the world’s food is produced by smallholder farmers on less than two hectares and half of these growers are women....
View ArticleAfrican countries to define regional agrifood systems priorities
More than 50 African countries will come together at the 32nd Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Regional Conference for Africa (ARC32) to define regional...
View ArticleOpEd: Africa’s new harvest: sustainable development by innovation for...
Opinion piece by QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) A promising transformation has already started in Africa’s farmlands. Family farmers...
View ArticleCognitive lock-ins reduce the possibility of farmers adopting crop...
A team from the Diverfarming project analyses how institutional settings create cognitive lock-ins in decision making for farmers when it comes to adopting sustainable farming practices Dominant...
View ArticleNew legal tool can help governments get food systems back on track
The world has faced an onslaught of crises in the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change. War and conflict. Agrifood systems have been hit hard—with millions more people now facing...
View ArticleCOP28: CGIAR and partners launch innovation sprint on gender and climate action
The world’s leading agriculture innovation network, CGIAR and 20 partners have committed US$31 million over four years (2023-2027) to ensure that climate innovations in agrifood systems are designed to...
View ArticleFAO and key private sector players outline roadmap to accelerate agrifood...
“FAO and the private sector have a shared goal – to explore innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions for the investment in sustainable agriculture, Near East and North Africa (NENA) region,”...
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