The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held on 9-12 October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.   The aim of 2ACCA is to bring together expert knowledge, information, and insights from practitioners from across different sectors and interests groups at all levels of agriculture development in the public, private and...

Le Baromètre de l’économie verte du Sénégal est une analyse détaillée de l’état de la transition vers une économie durable et inclusive du Sénégal. Elle revient par exemple sur le programme de création d’opportunités d’emplois verts qui vise le secteur de l’agriculture, aux côtés de celui de l’industrie et des...

La transhumance transfrontalière est trop souvent réduite à une activité génératrice de conflits qu’il est possible de régler très facilement en fermant les frontières. Cette note aux décideurs montre une réalité beaucoup plus complexe. La mobilité pastorale en Afrique de l’Ouest représente un apport économique de plusieurs dizaines de milliards...

In sub-Saharan Africa, crop diversification features prominently in many countries’ climate change adaptation strategies. This study focuses on the determinants of adoption and on the impact of seven cropping systems in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. The work finds that the selection of a high volatile or low productive cropping system...

Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 60 percent of the population under the age of 25. Many young Africans are unemployed and are increasingly migrating away from rural areas in search of employment. Tens of millions of new jobs each year will have to be created in...

Due to beneficial characteristics of cassava such as robustness and versatility for multiple uses, it can have a major role in contributing to local food security. The objective of this study was to find out whether and how the cultivation of cassava benefits smallholder farmers in the regions of Dodoma...

Due to the challenging couple years for Malawian farmers, government and other stakeholders have started teaching local farmers on the climate change resilience farming methods that are making a difference in securing small farmers' livelihoods. 

The first issue of the Eastern Africa Field Schools' Newsletter focuses on the launch of the Eastern Africa Field Schools Support, training on managing the Fall Army Worm and farmer’s testimonies on Field Schools.

Table ronde organisée à l’occasion des 40 ans d’AVSF sous le haut patronage de Madame Aminata MBENGUE NDIAYE, Ministre de l’Élevage et des Productions Animales Au Sénégal, comme dans toute l’Afrique de l’Ouest et dans le monde entier, la cohabitation de différents systèmes agricoles et d’élevage est un fait : au Sénégal,...

This website from the Oakland Insitute collects thirty-three case studies on the success of agroecological agriculture in Africa.While agroecology promotes low use of external inputs, it is a very knowledge-intensive system. Transmission of this knowledge, adaptation to local contexts, and appropriation by farmers and government technicians, are essential steps for...

Le Projet CALAO - Capitalisation d’expériences d’acteurs pour le développement de techniques agroécologiques résilientes en Afrique de l’Ouest - a été mis en œuvre au cours de l’année 2017 dans le cadre du Projet d’Appui à la Sécurité Alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest (PASANAO), financé par l’AFD et dont la...

This brief 3-minute video reportage highlights the International Treaty’s first field visit with a high-level donor representative, the Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Food, into rural Northern Malawi to visit a Benefit-sharing Fund project. It explains the problem and how the FAO International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund is supporting farmers...

Farmers play a crucial role in the preservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity. In fact, the diversity of species that support our current agricultural production systems has been carefully managed and shaped by farming communities, over the course of the history of humankind. Farmers act as custodian of the Earth’s...

The Central African Republic (CAR) has a total land area of 623,000 km2 of which close to 23 million hectares, i.e. 37%, is composed of forested lands. In the southwestern part of the country all forest operations are industrial. At present there are 11 logging companies, with an average annual...

In semi-arid areas in Kenya, FAO is supporting smallholder farmers to increase yield of high-value grain like sorghum and to market their produce as group. Purity Njeru has seen firsthand how this program has improved lives and livelihoods.

FAO launched a comprehensive guide on the integrated pest management of Fall Armyworm on maize. Designed for Farmers Field Schools, the guide will help smallholder farmers and frontline agricultural staff to manage FAW more effectively amidst fears that FAW may push more people into hunger. Central and Southern Africa are...

The country gender profile analyses the gender gaps, good practices and way forward in empowering women in agriculture, value chains and food and nutrition security. It provides a baseline for monitoring the implementation of the SDGs, Malabo Declaration and National Agricultural Investment Plans. It will inform advocacy, research, and capacity...

The successful approach of FAO’s Action Against Desertification programme to large-scale restoration is making degraded drylands productive again for small-scale farming, and providing economic opportunities in the Sahel region where migration has become a tradition. Key elements of the approach include consultation with village communities for their selection of species...

FAO, IFAD and national governments are supporting family farmers from West and Central Africa to adapt small-scale irrigation systems to climate change to be more resilient. A survey was carried out among 691 households in 21 sites in this region, to assess how farmers are coping with climate change. Watch...

With a population expected to double by 2050 from 1.2 billion to around 2.5 billion predominantly young people, the African continent will need to foster job creation and economic growth through sustainable development. The agricultural sector can play a key role in this, having the capacity to provide jobs and growth...