The report is the result of a collaborative effort among 16 partners to achieve a consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity in GRFC countries. The report aims to inform humanitarian and development action by providing independent and consensus-based evidence and analysis.

This study employs a new method to fill the gaps of missing data points in order to provide sound total employment estimates in the forest sector on a global scale.

Sustainable development prospects continue to diverge between developed and developing countries. The United Nations 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report finds that SDG financing needs are growing, but development financing is not keeping pace.

The potential benefits of digital agriculture are prolific. However, farm data is generally collected by others, and smallholder farmers rely on external resources, like weather data, and proprietary tools that provide specific advisories. Farmers face a paradox: while the use of data holds much

Increasingly frequent and complex food crises are driving up the numbers of hungry and displaced people, compounding the urgent need to rethink crisis responses now. Drawing on recent experiences and research, the 2023 Global Food Policy Report highlights opportunities for building a more effective

The status of women in agrifood systems report uses extensive new data and analyses to provide a comprehensive picture of women’s participation, benefits, and challenges they face working in agrifood systems globally. Links

The Land Portal Foundation's 2022 Annual Report highlights the critical role of accessible land information and data in securing land rights and promoting social justice. Links The Land Portal Foundation's 2022 Annual Report highlights

The report has been produced by the HLPE-FSN following a request from the CFS and focuses on the role that data collection and analysis tools play in supporting effective evidence-informed decisions. Links Food is

Debating the Aid System In the last three years, multiple global crises and the growing urgency of containing climate change have put current models of development co-operation to, perhaps, their most radical test in decades. The goal of a better world for all seems

The future of food and agriculture (FOFA) is an FAO series that portrays long-term analyses of food and agricultural systems within the social and economy-wide context. The series portrays recent global trends and alternative future scenarios to analyse possible pathways of food and agricultural

This catalogue aims to improve the dissemination and outreach of FAO’s knowledge products and overall publishing programme. By providing information on its key publications in every area of FAO’s work, and catering to a range of audiences, it thereby contributes to all organizational outcomes.

Download Read More The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has conducted a nation-wide rural household survey in Ukraine, targeting 5,230 rural households across the country, with the

Practical Guidelines for Measuring Employment effects. The guidelines are designed as an interactive guide. They help to establish a results logic between (ongoing) project activities and related employment effects and also provide orientation on how to measure or estimate employment effects based on available data.

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

A central principle of the 2030 Agenda is the assurance that “no one will be left behind” and the universal nature of the 2030 Agenda entails that youth should be considered across all Goals and targets. Links

Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems: Flagship FAO report addresses concerns over job losses and inequality Links The 2022 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA), one of the

Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable  Links This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end

Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.

A short report that captures the highlights from the 2022 Annual General Assembly through quotes, key messages and brief summaries of the action-packed two days.

Human Development Report 2021-22 Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World Links The report is the third and final installment in a trilogy, following the 2019 report on

Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.

Oxfam Briefing Paper This paper debunks 10 myths about our food system and provides an alternative framing that will lead to better outcomes for the long term. Links The unequal global

The main objective of the report is to outline different approaches to rural youth employment promotion (RYEP) within GIZ programmes and distil their main success factors and lessons learned. Download Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 was an eventful year for the Platform, both at an operational level within the Secretariat and with external engagement. The Platform created a new Strategic Plan for the 2021–2025 period and a results-based work plan for the year.

In recognition of the agricultural sector’s potential to serve as a source of livelihood opportunities for rural youth, a joint MIJARC/FAO/IFAD project on Facilitating Access of Rural Youth to Agricultural Activities was carried out in 2011 to assess the challenges and opportunities with respect

Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.

In April 2022, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development released a white paper to provide global donors with options to transform our food systems, to make them more resilient and sustainable. Global donors have a critical leveraging role in catalysing food systems change and this paper attempts to provide clear directions, under seven action areas to focus their attention and efforts.

This policy document on land tenure and sustainable agri-food systems is a collaboration between the ILC, FAO and GLTN, with support from the GDPRD. The report stresses the critical importance of land access and land tenure for more sustainable agri-food production and consumption systems.

2021 was an eventful year for the Platform, both at an operational level within the Secretariat and with external engagement. The Platform created a new Strategic Plan for the 2021–2025 period and a results-based work plan for the year.

This joint FAO-UNDP-UNEP report calls for governments to rethink the way agriculture is subsidized and supported. The majority (87%) of $540 billion of support to agricultural producers is either price distorting or harmful to nature and health. Repurposing this support can help transform food

This Youth-sensitive value chain analysis and development guide provides the background information and guidance needed by practitioners for selecting an agricultural value chain with significant potential for youth employment and entrepreneurship and offers tools to conduct context-specific youth employment analyses. 

USAID Report on Mining Highlights the Role of Land in the Transition to Green Energy Links A new report by USAID, “Mining and the Green Energy Transition”, emphasizes the critical importance of land

Young people in rural areas face the double challenge of age-specific vulnerabilities and underdevelopment of rural areas. While agriculture absorbs the majority of rural workers in developing countries, low pay and poor working conditions make it difficult to sustain rural livelihoods. Potential job opportunities

This Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 report provides up-to-date monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policies across countries from all six continents, including the 38 OECD countries and the five non-OECD EU Member States, and eleven emerging and developing economies: Argentina, Brazil, People’s Republic

Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all  Links In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger

IFAD’s Rural Development Report 2021 focuses on “Transforming food systems for rural prosperity.” It describes the systemic issues that have led to the situation we are in, identifies priorities for transforming our food systems, and provides recommended actions to achieve meaningful change.

The GDPRD launched a new Declaration of Intent on Food Systems Transformation, to signal the intention of the Platform and its members to work proactively and in a coordinated way to help take forward the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit.

Mapping of the food systems-related funding and activities supported by donors. Food system framing as more than semantics, signally the need for a holistic view of food as central to all development issues.

In 2020, the Platform continued to play a more effective and strategic influencing role in response to the shifting development agenda under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related changing donor landscape. Download all Annual Reports

The CFS calls for the development of systems, policies and programmes that engage more youth in agriculture and agricultural professions. Their development will constitute a workstream that will strengthen recognition of youth agency, autonomy and diversity in relation to food security and nutrition.

The Report on Development Policy sets out the activities and objectives for Finland’s development policy and development cooperation. The purpose is to strengthen Finland’s long-term approach to development policy and development cooperation from the perspective of principles, values and objectives. A parliamentary monitoring group

Revised areas of focus for the Platform: strategic influencing, knowledge-sharing, networking and convening.

This is the fourth report highlighting progress made by the EU and its Member States towards implementing their common policy commitments on food and nutrition security. It is accompanied by a Commission staff working document (SWD) with further information on the analysis and case

Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) 2019 Annual Report - Facing the future: shaping safe trade outcomes for developing countries. Links STDF has recently published their 2019 Annual Report. This report “Facing

Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Strategy 2020-2024: Safe and Inclusive Trade Horizons for Developing Countries Links STDF has recently published their new STDF 2020 -2024 Strategy, with a reception to mark the

2019 was an important year for the Platform, as it adapted its structure and function in light of the new paradigm under Agenda 2030, which has shifted the donor landscape by changing the nature of challenges and future uncertainties for donors.

The Global Report on Food Crises 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurities around the world by 16 partner organizations. It is a flagship publication of a series of analytical products facilitated by the Food and Security Information

This policy paper has been produced by GIZ on behalf of the BMZ. It describes several fit-for-purpose solutions of land governance projects from GIZ and other development partners as well as their positive impacts in the land sector. The aim of the policy paper

This is the first attempt in almost two decades to synthesize USAID's experience with LRG programs and the state of the evidence into a single document, which will guide USAID’s learning priorities on LRG in the coming years. In revisiting these issues, this Research

Young people have the potential to play an important role in achieving effective rural transformation, not only are their numbers increasing but young people are problem solvers and innovators who work to develop solutions to even the most complex challenges faced by humanity.