From 2000 to 2014, per capita gross domestic product in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by almost 35 percent in real terms, doubling in some countries. Such progress happened while agricultural productivity growth remained low in the aggregate, despite some bright spots, and poverty reduction was steady but discouragingly slow. This paper...

On the aggregate level, sub-Saharan Africa achieved adequate food availability over the 2014–2016 period, with a Dietary Energy Supply (DES) of 110. However, several countries in the region remain highly dependent on food imports to ensure adequate food supplies, with some sub-regions depending on imports for up to a third...

Sub-Saharan Africa has a great deal of livestock, but productivity is generally low. Climate change is expected to create new challenges, such as increased prevalence of diseases, heat stress, and reduced access to feed and water due to increased temperatures and more extreme weather conditions. This policy brief examines the...

Ce film a été conçu pour illustrer un message clef dans le cadre d'un module de form'action des collectivités locales. Il met en avant la spécificité d'un projet dans le territoire concerné. Ce film montre comment il est possible de valoriser les sous-produits issus de l'assainissement dans l'agriculture en améliorant...

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...

En dépit de nombreuses réunions internationales depuis des décennies (1), on observe en Afrique, mais aussi en Méditerranée et en Europe, une montée de l'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, qui incite à proposer des solutions efficaces à la crise polysémique des systèmes alimentaires et de construire, au sein du cadre géopolitique...

The video was shot at Bishop Koji, an island 10 minutes speed boat ride from Central Lagos Nigeria. It highlights the role of women in the seafood industry, their personal sacrifices vis-à-vis economic contributions to livelihoods, the lack of social support and amenities from the Local Government in terms of...

Betty Ndugga used to be a clothing trader in Uganda's capital of Kampala. After her husband died, she returned to her village and joined a local farmer field school, supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, where she was trained in coffee production. After that, she decided to establish...

Les indications géographiques (IG) bénéficient aujourd’hui d’un contexte favorable, tant au niveau international qu’à l’échelle du Continent africain. Le Sénégal, qui fait partie des pays membres de l’OAPI (Organisation Africaine de Propriété Intellectuelle), présente un potentiel de produits traditionnels dont la qualité est liée à l’origine. Le sel du Lac...

In Ghana 70 per cent of the population are smallholder farmers who depend on the land for their basic needs. Growing competition for this resource is having significant impacts on rural livelihoods and governance as land changes hands. This study highlights the key drivers of pressure on rural land and...

Lydia Kamba, from Kabiru village, Turima Tweru, Ngondi, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya, started practicing conservation agriculture in 2015. Increased incomes from agriculture activities have helped building their house and paying school fees.Since the start of the FAO program in 2015 in Kenya, more than 26,000 farmers adopted conservation agriculture in...

Ghana’s work to promote the legal timber trade, in partnership with the European Union (EU), strongly emphasizes involving local communities who live in or near forests. Yet many farmers and communities don’t understand their rights, which means that illegal activity by loggers has gone unchecked in Ghana’s off-reserve forests. The...

African food systems are undergoing profound changes. Natural resources are being commercialised, corporations have growing influence in the production, processing and retailing of food, and food value chains are becoming increasingly concentrated.

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...

This project is supported by the Norwegian Aid for Development (NORAD) through the Southern Africa Confederation for Agriculture Unions (SACAU), in 6 districts of Zimbabwe. The program makes use of 50 school based young farmers clubs as community development agents and nucleus's for promoting adaptation, and mitigation of climate change...

Forest cover in sub-Saharan Africa declined by nearly 10 per cent between 2000 and 2010. Of this loss, 75 per cent was caused by the conversion of forest to agriculture, largely for food production to serve rapidly growing domestic food demand. Focusing on Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania, this study examines...

This is a story about Ruth Stephen Chileshe who lives in a remote rural farming community outside the northern capital of Kasama. For the past few years, farmers and villagers have battled extreme poverty and malnutrition due to low crop yields brought about by difficulties in tilling the land, depleted soils and...

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...

In Zambia, FAO has stepped up its efforts to promote sustainable innovative practices and principles of agricultural production and post-production processes. One of the main factors driving this initiative is integrated programming. Winston is one of over 20 000 contact farmers in (Zambia) who were selected and equipped with Conservation...

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in the Sahel whose economy is highly dominated by agriculture and livestock husbandry, with more than 70% of the population living in rural areas. The prevailing farming system is smallholder agriculture based on cereal production, especially sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and pearl millet...