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Health and nutrition
 
Blog Post
1 December 2017
A playground for a sustainable lifestyle, deep in the woods

“Quality, happiness and sustainability are all equal parts of the happiness puzzle.” This is the motto of Flemming and Mette, a sympathetic Danish couple. In the fall of 2016 chef Flemming...

Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food Security
 
Video
25 November 2015
Family Farming and Innovation

Presented by Kostas Stamoulis, Director. Strategic Program Leader, Food Security and Nutrition from FAO at Agri4D 2015. 

Health and nutrition
Trade and production
Youth
 
News Story
10 November 2014
World Food Day 2014 in Stockholm: A Spotlight on the Value of Youth in Family Farming

In the spirit of FAO’s International Year of Family Farming the Swedish celebration of the World Food Day in Stockholm put young farmers in the center and highlighted their importance for sufficient food supply for the growing global population now and in the future.

Landscape management
Trade and production
Youth
 
Slides
7 November 2014
Future agriculture and future challenges

Presented as part of the "World Food Day 2014: A Spotlight on the Value of Youth in Family Farming" Event.

Landscape management
Trade and production
 
Slides
7 November 2014
Family Farming and Forestry

Presented as part of the "World Food Day 2014: A Spotlight on the Value of Youth in Family Farming" Event.

Gender and equality
 
Blog Post
21 October 2014
Women are real-time agricultural innovators and technology transformers

Women all over the world and particularly in Africa are known to be responsible for producing, selecting and utilizing food, family nutrition and food security. Nonetheless, the world has yet to realize that the resources needed for full participation of women in the rural economy is not in the hands of these women who contribute most to it sustainability and development.

Health and nutrition
Trade and production
Youth
 
Event
16 October 2014
World Food Day 2014

We are approaching the finale of the International Year of Family Farming, and this year’s World Food Day theme, chosen by the UN, aims to highlight the crucial value that family farms bring...

Gender and equality
Health and nutrition
 
Event
14 October 2014
Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Productive Family Farming

Studies have demonstrated that by removing gender-related barriers and empowering women in agriculture to fully engage in regional economies would accelerate growth, reduce poverty and improve...

Health and nutrition
Trade and production
 
Event
13 October 2014
CFS 41 Committee on World Food Security

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an...

Rural transformation
 
News Story
2 October 2014
e-Agriculture Forum: Communication for Development, Community Media and ICTs for Family Farming and Rural Development

e-Agriculture is organizing a forum within the framework of the International Year of Family Farming; this online event is organized by the e-Agriculture Community of Practice, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).