PUBLICATION | 2026 Drought in East Africa and Middle East / Central Asia A sequence of drought events has been affecting East Africa and the Middle East/Central Asia since 2021. Warmer temperatures and heatwaves compounded with precipitation deficits and contributed to shape...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Making Sense of the Bioeconomy: A Critical Analysis of EU Policy Narratives and Responses This study critically examines how EU bioeconomy policy narratives prior to 2025 construct the concept of bioeconomy and how the extended peer community makes sense of...
ONLINE RESOURCE | 20 May 2026 JRC Farming Practices dataset (version 2026) The JRC Farming Practices dataset (version 2026) builds on the 2023 release by further consolidating the evidence base on the effects of sustainable farming practices on climate, environmental, and productivity...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Strengthening coffee traceability in Rwanda to boost trade compliance This policy brief summarizes Rwanda’s journey to embed traceability in the coffee value chain. Over the last few years, greater emphasis has been placed on tracking...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Resilience toolbox for context-specific resilience programming The policy brief is a compendium of the FAO technical guide “Resilience toolbox – An applied resource to guide context-specific programming for resilience to food insecurity”. It provides practical...
VISUALISATION | 20 May 2026 EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System dashboards The EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System offers a comprehensive overview of European trends in indicators related to the EU Bioeconomy. The set of indicators is organised according to a conceptual framework that allows...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Gender equality and social inclusion in food systems transformation pathways: evidence from Eastern Africa This study assesses the integration of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in food systems transformation commitments in five Eastern African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Enhancing food safety and women's empowerment through gender-responsive agrifood policies in Uganda The study provides a policy governance diagnostic, examining the extent to which Uganda’s agrifood policies integrate gender and food safety considerations in their processes. Highlights from the publications...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Modelling material flows and cost-benefit of sorting PLA packaging waste in material recovery facilities under different market penetration scenarios This work aims to fill this knowledge gap with a focus on polylactic acid (PLA) packaging waste, by applying a mathematical model to predict the material flow of PLA within MRFs...