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Rural populations, especially small-scale producers and women, are disproportionately impacted by climate change since their livelihoods depend largely on natural resources and weather patterns. This paper...

Key Messages: International wheat prices declined in March 2024, amid ample global supplies, relatively favourable conditions of crops still to be harvested and strong...

The easing of maize and wheat export prices is helping to mitigate rising freight and insurance costs associated with shipping disruptions for importers. Conversely, farmers have adapted to reduced...

This book encompasses a broad range of natural resource sectors, with discrete chapters on water, land, forestry, fisheries, mining, petroleum and agriculture. Given this broad range of areas...

This Legal Brief reviews the concept of sustainability and systems thinking in legislative efforts, as well as relevant guiding principles. It then reviews a number of legal tools and mechanisms...

Highlights: The background paper for the International Year of Millets 2023 was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization. The document includes a synopsis of the current status of millets worldwide and was...

These Guidelines include step-by-step guidance to formulate qualitative and quantitative indicators of gender transformative change to help gender experts and food security, agriculture and nutrition programme...

Small-scale fisheries (SSF), including fishers and fishworkers together with their communities and organizations, are among the world’s most effective contributors to safeguarding aquatic resources and environments...

This policy note first examines global trends in the trade of food and agricultural products. Next, it shows how trade and well-functioning markets can address food...