Think for a second what is your image of a peasant. Poor, badly educated, non-progressive, do these adjectives come to your mind? But why does this have to be like that?

Presented by Svetlana Boincean, IUF at the World Food Day 2015 event in Sweden

presented by Benjamin Davis, FAO for the World Food Day 2015 in Sweden

The Swedish World Food Day celebration was held the 21st of October in Stockholm. The event was a collaboration between the Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI), Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation and the Swedish FAO committee.

Presented by Torsten Wetterblad, Sida at the World Food Day 2015 event in Sweden

Every year, all the UN Agencies celebrate the World Food Day on October 16, the day on which the FAO was founded in 1945.  It is celebrated to raise public awareness about hunger in the world,...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reducing poverty have been met by many countries, yet many others lag behind and the post-2015 challenge will be the full eradication of poverty and hunger.

The fourth report by the Commitee on World Food Security's (CFS) High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) is now released, where it emphasizes on ways to lessen vulnerability through social and...

In recent years, over 860 million poor people in developing countries have beencovered by various types of social protection system, including child benefit and oldage pensions. For the countries...

Cash transfers, in the context of social protection programs are emerging in many developing countries as a leading initiative in tackling poverty and vulnerability. During the last decade,...