News and op-eds

The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

News and op-eds

The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

  • Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) as the newest member of its growing network. IOFS brings a strong and timely commitment to sustainable food security across the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). With a focus on advancing agricultural development, science and technology, humanitarian aid and food trade, IOFS is uniquely positioned to contribute to the GDPRD's shared mission of transforming food systems and promoting rural development worldwide.

  • FAO Food Price Index ends 2022 lower than a year earlier Read More The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9 percent from

  • The Knowledge platform on country-level employment policies and youth employment strategies Links This platform – the only one of its kind – serves as a global reference on national employment

  • The African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) platform is an online community designed to enable networking, learning and sharing for individual young agripreneurs and rural youth organizations. It is is supported by FAO and was launched in August 2021 in collaboration with the Eastern Africa Farmers