The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inviting interested individuals and organizations to participate in the 2024 Innovation for and by family farmers video contest. The videos should illustrate how family farmers can be supported by innovations. These innovations might combine old and new food system practices and organizational processes, using both… Read More
From June 17 to 21, 2024, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) hosted its Annual Meeting. This year, the event was held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, and was simultaneously livestreamed on the WFO YouTube account. The meeting annually gathers hundreds of family farmers, young and women farmer leaders, farmers’ organizations, and agricultural cooperatives… Read More
Due to high demand, the application for the Global Innovation Challenge on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) and Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for small-scale producers is extended until 10 July 2024. Spearheaded by the Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) and the Office of Innovation (OIN) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations… Read More
In India, members of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) are primarily engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. One of the major challenges they are facing until now is the low crop production and high operational costs. In this radio interview with Sarojben, one of the active members of the association, she emphasized their cost… Read More
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) are pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Rural Communication Services (RCS) awardees. The RCS awardees are as follows: Group Model Building as a Rural Communication Process Supporting Innovation Adoption in Agriculture by Ibnu Budiman (Bogor… Read More
The Global farmer field schools platform in FAO’s Office of Innovation is excited to announce the launch of the Innovation award on farmer field schools for sustainable agrifood systems! This award will help collect, celebrate and share impactful innovations in the implementation of FFS in support of transition towards sustainable agrifood systems, including through agroecology. Who Can Apply? Anyone… Read More
There is a need for enabling policies to support fisherfolks and family farmers. This was articulated in a Rural Radio Initiative episode from Indonesia. The episode, which aired in Jaringan Radio Komunitas untuk Demokrasi (JRDem), showcased the experiences and plights of crab fisher Zainal Arifin, who hails from from Lamongan, East Java province. Various factors… Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently hosted a technical seminar on Rural Communication Services (RCS) and Inclusive Innovation Approaches for Family Farming on 29 April 2024. The hybrid seminar was held at the Ethiopia Room at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, and was attended by a diverse group of… Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer. The resolution, which was proposed by the United States of America and adopted by consensus, invites FAO, in collaboration with the other UN… Read More
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization extends its invitation for the third session of the second cycle of technical exchanges for Family Farming, focusing on purchasing public family farming. Set on 4 June 2024, it seeks to generate a space where public purchasing experiences for family farming are shared and enriched. The third session will… Read More
