But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet 9 October 2017, Rome – Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in the coming decades need not flee rural areas to escape poverty, argues a new FAO report […]
September 13, 2017 (Bridgetown, Barbados) – Seventy agriculture officials from across Latin America and the Caribbean will gather for two days from 14 – 15 September 2017, to discuss how the region can strengthen sustainable agriculture and rural development through innovation, at the 11th Regional Planners Forum on Agriculture. This meeting will be hosted by the […]
“Raúl Benítez” (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by FAOALC 3 November 2016, Grand Cayman. Regional Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Raul Benitez says his organization is working towards eradicating hunger in 11 Caribbean islands by 2020. “I would like to propose 2020 as a deadline to remove the eleven countries of the […]
