Vice-présidente du groupe de travail 1, membre du bureau du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC), la chercheuse marocaine Fatima Driouech revient dans cet article sur les impacts du changement climatique sur le continent africain, et les enjeux en termes d’adaptation et d’atténuation pour le secteur “agriculture, agroforesterie...

The climate emergency affects us all deeply, in so many ways. But for farmers it has more drastic implications. It undermines all aspects of the food systems that they depend on. Extreme weather devastates their crops and livestock, and destabilises the very water cycle that they are intimately a part...

Cette étude explore les pratiques d’achat et les produits fréquemment consommés dans les villes de Niamey, Bamako et Ouagadougou. Elle montre comment les achats et la consommation alimentaires sont structurés par un ensemble de pratiques et de normes socio culturelles partagées dans les grandes villes du Sahel. Elle donne également...

An adequate food supply is widely recognized as a necessary condition for social development as well as a basic human right. Food deficits are especially common among semi-subsistence farming households in eastern and southern Africa and farm productivity is widely regarded as the locus for enhancing household food outcomes. However,...

Food losses are a major concern and occur in most fish distribution chains worldwide. Not only do losses constitute lost income to fishers, processors, and traders, but they also contribute to food insecurity. Progress has been made in identifying the direct causes of fish losses and quantifying the magnitude of...

We are Magdalene and Gillian, trainers working for Kulika Uganda. We are passionate about seeing that people engaged in agriculture adopt sustainable farming practices which are easy to implement and have benefits for the people and the planet.  Kulika is a non-government organization working with rural communities to empower people to build...

Family farming policies and programmes, including Rural communication services (RCS), are vital in strengthening the participatory communication capacities among farmer organizations and rural institutions and giving family farmers the capacity needed for sustainability. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with YenKasa Africa held a regional forum on...

Cassava should have a clean, fresh scent and a pure white center when cut open. Fresh roots also have a pleasant taste.When using bitter cassava, ferment the peeled roots for 3 days to leach out the poison cyanide, Then wash the roots.

Food and Agricultural Organization’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.Over 360 young male and female entrepreneurs engaged through...

A new project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to improve food safety standards of small-to-medium food processing businesses in the Sahel’s Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal so that they can better participate in the...

The manual explains the principles and practices of small-scale poultry production in Africa under organic management. The manual is intended for use by trainers of trainers and trainers of farmers on organic agriculture.

Food and Agricultural Organization’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.  Over 360 young male and female entrepreneurs engaged through...

Ce bulletin vise à informer des activités en cours et à venir au niveau de la politique agricole de la Cedeao, l’Ecowap. Au sommaire de ce numéro : les actions de la Cedeao face à la dégradation de la situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Niger et au Burkina Faso, la...

I grew up in a place known as Kabazi, Subukia Constituency and Nakuru County in Kenya. As a child of a family farming household, I had to participate in farming activities alongside my education. The family depended on its member’s labour to be able to provide adequate and nutritious food...

Determining climate finance needs in developing economies is critical to identify financing gaps and opportunities to guide stakeholders to effectively access, allocate and mobilize climate finance. Such data supports international policy processes, like the determination and implementation of a new collective and quantified goal on climate finance and accelerates action....

African Youth Agripreneurs platform is an initiative supported by FAO and the East African Farmer Federation (EAFF) that responds to the youth demand for increased access to experience sharing, learning, and mentorship opportunities. It contributes to the overall objective of fostering rural youth networking and meaningful engagement in agri-food systems....

In partnership with Amplio, a US based nonprofit social enterprise, the pilot project has adopted these easy-to-use gadgets to engage around 8,000 people, sharing stories and ideas on women's land rights and their benefits for households and communities. The Talking Books were developed by Amplio to reach remote, under-served rural populations that...

L’un des facteurs limitant de la production agricole est l’insuffisance ou la carence des sols en éléments fertilisants (Guéro et al, 2002). L’utilisation de la matière organique sous forme de compost est l’une des solutions écologiques et durables les plus recommandées. Il existe plusieurs méthodes de fabrication du compost. La...

This first ever FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 report presents a summary of the main priorities, developments and results achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Africa region in 2021. FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 is organized according to the four...

Enhancing smallholder chicken production and productivity is an integral component of agricultural development strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Chicken Genetic Gain (ACGG) project has been testing, identifying, and disseminating tropically adapted improved breeds (TAIBs) in Africa to improve the production and productivity of the sector. We applied a multimethod...