Resources
This webinar presents the key findings from a study of agribusiness incubators across the African continent and identifies opportunities for strengthening the incubation environment on the content to promote agro-entrepreneurship.
Illustrations from the Webinar Cities and Covid-19 - Food access for vulnerable communities.
In times of COVID-19, the Webinar held on 2 July 2020 analyses funding and investments opportunities for agrifood SMEs in Africa. It is a roundtable among different actors who interact and mutually share their experiences and innovative practices also to cope and react to the pandemic.
Flyer - AgrInvest Project
05/06/2020
05/06/2020
Under the corporate AgrInvest Initiative, FAO, in partnership with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), is implementing the project “AgrInvest/Enabling inclusive and efficient private sector investment in agri-food systems”. This project aims at fostering SDG-aligned investments in agrifood systems in Africa that contribute to sustainable economic growth and generate rural employment, particularly for women and youths.Benefitting from the financial support of the Government of Italy, the project is implemented in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Niger.
Webinar Recording: Cities and Covid-19 - food access for vulnerable communities in practice
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? In this webinar FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador).
Webinar Slides and Q&A: Cities and Covid-19 - food access for vulnerable communities in practice
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador) in a webinar held on Friday 15 May.Jamie Morrison, Strategic Programme...
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? In this webinar FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador).
Cities, with their high population density, are particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and many cities in developing countries do not have adequate capacity to address the disruptions caused by the response to the health emergency. The risk is particularly high for the 1.2 billion people living in the congested and overcrowded informal urban settlements where conditions are already unsafe and unhealthy for human living. The very poor and those living in slums have extremely limited access to essential health and sanitation facilities, nutritious food and adequate infrastructures such as piped clean water and electricity. The spread of the virus...
In this webinar, Dr. Jessica Vieira presents a new innovation introduced by Apeel Sciences (California, USA). This plant-derived solution doubles to triples the shelf life of many types of fresh produce. It can reduce reliance on refrigeration, plastic packaging, certain post-harvest fungicides, and controlled atmosphere throughout the supply chain. Made of materials found in every bite of fruit, Apeel creates an invisible, edible “peel” on the outside of produce that slows the rate of water loss and oxidation, the primary causes of spoilage. Many types of Apeel produce stay fresh two to three times longer, which can reduce food loss...
Estas directrices complementan el Marco de Referencia para el Desarrollo de Cadenas de Valor Sensibles al Género, y están destinadas principalmente a ayudar a profesionales a diseñar e implementar intervenciones que brinden a mujeres y hombres las mismas oportunidades de beneficiarse del desarrollo de la cadena de valor agroalimentaria.