Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world’s poor and hungry people.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Paolo Groppo
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[15/05/2013] Slow Food and FAO join forces
FAO and the international Slow Food organization agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of smallholders and others working in rural areas.  Under a three-year...
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[10/04/2013] CEDAW: A tool for gender-sensitive agriculture and rural development policy and programme formulation
Agricultural policies need to address gender inequalities to ensure effective development interventions that can achieve positive and sustainable results in the lives of rural women, men, girls and...
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[18/01/2013] Governing Land for Women and Men- A Technical Guide to Support The Achievement of Responsible Gender-Equitable Governance of Land tenure
[via FAO] This technical guide aims to assist implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines by providing guidance that supports the Guidelines’ principle of gender equality in tenure governance....
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[14/11/2012] The Right to Food and Access to Natural Resources: Using Human Rights Arguments and Mechanisms to Improve Resource Access for the Rural Poor
The Right to Food Studies are a series of articles and reports on food related issues of contemporary interest in the areas of policy, legislation, agriculture, rural development, biodiversity,...
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[12/11/2012] Gender, Property Rights and Livelihoods in the Era of AIDS: Proceedings Report
[via FAO] This report is based on the proceedings of the Technical Consultation on Gender, Property Rights and Livelihoods in the Era of AIDS, organized by FAO in November 2008. It takes stock of...
[31/10/2012] HOW CAN THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES BE DISSEMINATED AND MADE EFFECTIVE? Open until November 25th
Dear all, After a long and very fruitful consultation process, in May 2012 the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National...
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[22/10/2012] From Finding Common Ground to Making it Happen
Voluntary Guidelines of Tenure Brochure
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[22/10/2012] More on Governance and its Tenure
This is a fact sheet presenting the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
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[22/10/2012] An informal aid for reading the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
This publication is intended to assist with reading the Guidelines by highlighting some of the main points of paragraphs. However, it is not a substitute for the Guidelines.
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[22/10/2012] GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NATURAL RESOURCES TENURE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CIS REGION
Good governance is worldwide recognized as an important precondition for resolution of the most of troublesome problems of humanity; its role is tremendous in eradication of poverty and promotion of...
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