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The UN General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the year in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system. The IYFV 2021 is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security…

By Nyaguthii Chege, Executive Director, The Green Belt Movement | March 31, 2021 The Sahel is at the frontline of our global efforts to combat climate change. It stretches across the entire width of the African continent: from Senegal in the west, crossing 8,000km to Djibouti in the east. It may not yet have global name recognition like the Amazon, but what happens here is absolutely…

FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Facts and figures # Indigenous peoples physically occupy 404 million hectares in Latin America # That is about one fifth of the total area of the region ## Of the 404 million hectares, 237 million (almost 60%) are in the Amazon Basin. That is an area larger than France, Great Britain, Germany,…

Key Water.org Facts|For use in 2020-2021 Water is essential to life, yet millions of people live without it. •785 million people – 1 in 9 – lack access to safe water. •More than 6x the population of the United States lives without a household water connection. •The water crisis is the #5 global risk in terms of impact to society, announced by the World Economic…

This series of briefs highlights seven key areas and 22 practical action areas that governments, investors, experts in One Health and policymakers can promote and invest in. These areas highlight the linkages and connections between interventions and underscore the need for systems thinking. # Livestock contribute about 40% of agricultural GDP and provide livelihoods and incomes for…

Desertification is a type of land degradation. It occurs when drylands become increasingly arid or desert-like. Desertification doesn’t necessarily mean that these water-scarce regions will transform into desert climates — only that their land’s natural productivity is lost and its surface and groundwater resources are diminished. (In order for a climatological desert to form, a location must…