Home to one-quarter of humanity—one-fifth of whom are youth—South Asia has the world’s largest concentration of poverty and malnutrition (1–3).

Globally, the commons provide important ecosystem functions and services and contribute towards sustainable development and human population.

Even before the current global COVID-19 health crisis — whose potential long-term impacts on food systems are still unclear (Béné et al.

The UNFSS Dialogue on Women, Work and Food Systems identified a game-changing solution on management of commons: natural resources that are held and used collectively.

Despite resulting biodiversity losses, agricultural intensification is key for future food security and slowing expansion of cropland and pasture.  

It is widely recognized that local management of common pool resources can be more ecient and more e↵ective than private markets or top- own government management, especially in remote rural communities in which the institutions necessary for the

Groundwater is a common pool resource which experiences depletion in many places around the world. The increased use of irrigation and water demanding cash crops stimulate this development.

The Climate Smart Agricultural Prioritization (CSAP) toolkit that assists stakeholders in implementation of appropriate strategic interventions to transform agriculture ecosystems to climate-resilient, adaptive & efficient.