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Despite steady progress with data coverage in recent years, severe funding shortages in 2025 threaten to reverse these gains. The year ahead promises to be profoundly challenging for data availability but more importantly for the humanitarian system and the 300 million people in need of assistance in locations around the world.

The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID threatens the international system for forecasting and tracking extreme hunger. That could lead to deadlier famines.

In this Infopoint organised by the European Commission (EC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in the lead up to Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, we wish to raise awareness on initiatives and solutions financed through EU-IFAD partnership and innovative financing mechanisms catalysing private sector investments in nutrition and investing in climate-resilient agriculture and biodiversity in an inclusive and integrated approach.

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) alongside the Agroecology Consortium, EC-Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) and the EC Directorate General’s Department for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) have launched the Regional Multi-actor Research Network (RMRN) Consortium on Agroecology to support the Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs) related to Green Transition, as part of the FARA and RUFORUM component on agroecology.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has assumed joint custodianship with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator regarding M

The Commission introduces the Vision for Agriculture and Food to shape the future of farming and food in Europe.

With the support of the European Union, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA), icipe and partners have launched the Regional Multi-actor Research Networks on Agroecology (RMRM-EA). This initiative will boost agroecological practices, thus contributing to much needed transformation of agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

A crucial milestone was marked for agroecology in Southern Africa as key stakeholders gathered at the Lagoon Beach Hotel on February 25-28, 2025, for the Inception Meeting of the Research for Agroecology Network in Southern Africa (REANs) Project.

Parties agreed on all outstanding issues, demonstrating the global community's commitment to halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

The U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington's primary humanitarian aid agency, has been a top target of a government reduction program spearheaded by billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk since President Donald Trump took office on January 20.

This library synthesizes a large amount of scientific evidence to assess the effects of farming practices on sustainability outcomes, mainly regarding the environment, the climate, and agricultural productivity.

Sufficient food is available in the world for all people to consume sufficient calories, but not healthy diets. This study traces historical and projected changes in global food systems toward alignment with the new Healthy Diet Basket (HDB) used by UN agencies and the World Bank to monitor the cost and affordability of healthy diets worldwide.

Thirty four practices have been assessed for their environmental and climate impacts after screening 14,000 scientific papers.

Farming and food are core to the European way of life. Rooted in rich traditions, the ways we produce and enjoy food have shaped the communities, cultures, and landscapes that define Europe.

oday, the Commission is presenting its Vision for Agriculture and Food, an ambitious roadmap on the future of farming and food in Europe. This roadmap sets the stage for an attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented and fair agri-food system for current and future generations of farmers and agri-food operators.

“Improving rural livelihoods and resilience to climate change in Africa: innovative agroforestry integrating people, trees, crops and livestock” is a new venture that has just been launched in Dakar, Senegal. Nicknamed “Galileo”, the project is coordinated by CIRAD and funded by the EU’s “Horizon Europe” programme and the Swiss Confederation.

The outcomes of the 2024 Rio Convention COPs underscore the necessity to enhance and utilize synergies among the Conventions. Agroecology is a promising approach that simultaneously contributes to the goals of the UNFCCC, CBD, and UNCCD. By adopting a systemic approach to food system transformation based on agroecological principles, countries can achieve multiple socio-ecological and economic benefits while fulfilling their commitments to the Rio Conventions.

The Compendium is a product of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition implemented by FAO, IFAD and WFP and funded by the European Union. The compendium of 15 good practices of gender transformative approaches (GTAs) includes the individual templates of the 15 good practices, provides a synthesis of the main features of the 15 GTAs presenting the core characteristics of 15 GTAs and describing the implementation arrangements, implementation cycle, the potential results of GTAs and their key success factors and challenges.

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