This guide seeks to improve the management of forests and trees for the provision of water-related ecosystem services. This can be achieved through an improved understanding of forest-water relationships and of their contribution to water and food security and community resilience, as well as through the inclusion of water considerations in forest and/or land-use p...

This paper takes stock of farms and farmland worldwide, based on agricultural censuses and survey data. According to the data, there are more than 608 million farms in the world, of which more than 90 percent are family farms that together occupy around 70-80 percent of farmland and produce about 80 percent of the world's food in value terms. Some of the data gath...

Legumes are important components of sustainable farming systems. They are useful to diversify and intensify cropping systems; fix atmospheric nitrogen and improve soil health; act as rotation crops; increase and diversify smallholder incomes; and lower the carbon footprint, mitigating climate change. Legumes can therefore play a critical role in achieving the Susta...

This report shows that managing climate risks through social protection is a valid and effective investment to safeguard the livelihoods of small-scale producers and strengthen their essential role in ensuring food security across the globe. Climate change is accelerating the frequency and intensity of extreme natural hazards and those living in rural areas are di...

This report provides new evidence for monitoring trends in food security and nutrition within the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The publication focuses on migration, gender, youth, and the linkages with rural development and food security in the region. Migration is tied in multiple ways to gender, youth, and agricultural and rural developme...