Rural transformation

We are absolutely delighted to announce the new call for applications for our Expert Groups! Have you got an idea about how to make our food systems more sustainable and our food security better? Do you have in mind people who would make a good team for realizing your idea? Yes?!

The Georg-August-Universität Göttingen offers the MSc programme Tropical and International Forestry with the international degree Master of Science (M.Sc.).

Are you a young researcher? Does your work focus on food systems in low-income contexts? Then do not miss out on this great opportunity to sharpen and enrich your research and network with peers.

Have you ever considered that you’re not the only one who decides what food ends up on your plate? On the occasion of World Food Day 2018, which will mark the 73rd anniversary of FAO's founding...

Weather-index insurance can shield smallholder farmers from climate-related disasters, but it's mainly the wealthy who can afford it. How to change that?

This presentation was held by Anna Richert from WWF Sweden at the World Food Day 2016 event in Stockholm  on the 14th of October 2016.

This presentation was held by Anna Richert from WWF Sweden at the World Food Day 2016 event in Stockholm on the 14th of October 2016.

Lesego Serolong Holzapfel, beekepeer in South Africa, reflects on the significance of beekeeping for women and youth in South Africa.

The emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, starkly demonstrates that our health is connected with the health of animals and the environment.

More often than not the cocoa beans are grown and harvested by children. The chocolate industry pledged to eradicate child labor already in 2001. What has happened since then?