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Interview with Nadjirou Sall, ROPPA, West Africa
Interview with Nadjirou Sall at the World Agricultures Watch International Workshop “Understanding Farming Diversity for Better Policy-making and Project Targeting” 19-20 December 2017, IFAD Headquarters, Rome ,Italy
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Forest and farm producers’ comparative advantages in fighting hunger, poverty, climate change
Charles Nyanjul describes the comparative advantages of forest and farm producer organizations that make them so well placed to fight hunger, poverty and climate change. Citing from the experience of the Farm and Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya, he cites how members are encouraged to grow fruit trees as...
Kenya
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Boosting farm productivity in Africa through the sustainable use of machines
New African Union-FAO framework also aims to create new jobs while reducing reliance on manual labor
FAO and the African Union launched a new framework document that aims to increase agricultural efficiency and reduce drudgery by helping countries in Africa to develop strategies for sustainable farm mechanization. The Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization: A Framework for Africa (SAMA) is the result of discussions with policymakers from AU member states,...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Enhancing food security and market access for land constrained women farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy and contributes over 45 percent of government revenue. The agricultural sector is the largest employer, representing 60 percent of total employment. Overall, approximately 80 percent of rural women are employed in agriculture. However, the percentage of agricultural land held by women remains...
Kenya
2018 - ActionAid International Kenya
Blog article
Agribusiness in Southeast Kenya — a light at the end of the tunnel
Farming is not an outdated way of life for young, ambitious, would-be entrepreneurs
A youth group called Mwelekeo Mpya, Kiswahili for New Direction, is indeed pushing young people in Nyamala village, Kilifi County, in a new direction. Here, youth are discovering that farming is not an outdated way of life. Amos Mkare and Dominic Mzungu are both 22 and high school graduates. They are...
Kenya
2018 - World Food Programme
Journal
Nature & Faune journal: Creating a forest landscape restoration movement in Africa
This edition of Nature & Faune journal explores the science and innovations (technical, social and policy) that can support the achievement of the African dream of restoring 100 million hectares of its degraded land. Articles in this edition share experiences on challenges, opportunities and successful restoration, including farmer managed natural...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Zumra Nuru and Awra Amba
a story from 10.000 gardens in Africa
Awra Amba is an intentional community of around 500 people founded in northern Ethiopia to combat poverty, exploitation and gender inequality.
At the heart of this magnanimous project is a simple question: why should any one human being exploit another? This is the question that the founder of Awra Amba, Zumra...
Ethiopia
2018
Policy brief/paper
Ending hunger in the Horn of Africa
Moving from rhetoric to action
Food insecurity and poor nutritional status remain widespread problems in the Horn of Africa (HOA). A multi-pronged nutrition-sensitive approach to development has been shown to be the best route for sustained reductions in undernutrition. One of the objectives of this report was to review Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) coordination...
Djibouti - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - South Sudan - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal
Les oasis en Afrique du Nord : dynamiques territoriales et durabilité des systèmes de production agricole
Les oasis sahariennes ont connu des changements particulièrement profonds et déstabilisants dans la seconde moitié du 20e siècle, s’accompagnant de transformations sociales, économiques, agricoles et environnementales. Aux oasis phoenicicoles étagées classiques, viennent s’adjoindre de nouvelles extensions ou projets agricoles à travers des initiatives étatiques ou locales. Dans un contexte où les...
2018 - Cahiers Agriculture
Technical paper
Sustainable agricultural mechanization
A framework for Africa
This framework presents the priority elements for national strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). The analysis presented in Chapters 2 and 3 calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications
Geographical indications (GIs) refer to products with specific characteristics, qualities or reputations resulting from their geographical origin. This differentiates products based on unique local features, history or distinctive characteristics linked to natural and human factors, such as soil, climate, local know-how, and traditions. GIs are recognized as intellectual property rights...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Technical paper
PAA Africa’s contributions to the consolidation of PRONAE in Mozambique
The endorsement of the National School Feeding Programme (Projecto de Alimentação Escolar—PRONAE) by the Mozambican Council of Ministers in 2013 represented a key stage in the institutionalization of school feeding and local food purchases in the country’s education system. This publication presents analysis on the divide between policy change and...
Mozambique
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Ethiopia’s youth find hope in agricultural entrepreneurship
The South Wollo Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia is one of the areas of focus for FAO’s two-year project on Youth mobility, food security and poverty reduction. With funding from the Italian Development Cooperation, the RYM Project began in 2015 and ended in February 2018.
About 71 percent of Ethiopia’s population...
Ethiopia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Empowering Women Through Access to Water - Senegal
The Sahel region faces severe drought and desertification. Often, women have to walk 10 kilometres for water. FAO’s “1 million cisterns for the Sahel” project helps women and farmers harvest and store rainwater. The cisterns provide clean water for drinking and growing food to millions of people in arid areas....
Senegal
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Guilé Mane - A farmer in Senegal
Like many farmers in Senegal, Guilé Mané used to struggle through the dry season. Rainfall in Senegal can be very low and irregular, even in the rainy season. Guilé and the other women had to walk long distances to reach sources of clean water and use part of their income...
Senegal
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Knowledge exchange on the promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains in Sub-Sahara Africa through South-South Cooperation
The Regional Knowledge Exchange on the promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains in sub-Saharan Africa took place from 7 to 11 August 2017 in Elmina, Ghana. The workshop brought together over 40 participants from ten countries and technical partner institutions involved in the implementation of the regional...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Empowering vulnerable youth
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from Denmark, are supporting 24 Junior Farmer Field Schools (JFFS) with over 170 learners in South Sudan. These schools encompass a simple methodology for teaching vulnerable children, including former child soldiers, about farming and entrepreneurial skills. In 2018,...
South Sudan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development - Impact Report 2018
Partnering for Impact
At ICENECDEV partnering is at the core of our strategy: They partner to end extreme poverty and promote the protection of the Environment. And in today’s development landscape partnership is important to drive the global development Agendas—partnering with the business community is more important than ever before to achieve the...
Cameroon
2018 - ICENECDEV
Blog article
Supporting the fisherwomen of Nkombo, Rwanda
“Women” and “fishing” are two words that would not have been used together in the same sentence a few years ago in Rwanda. It has been a long-held belief in Rwanda that fishing is not for women – it is a man’s occupation. Women have mostly embraced this thinking as well, but...
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Case study on the groundnut value chain in the Republic of Malawi
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions
In order to improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework,...
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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