Cet ouvrage qui est le premier d’une trilogie de la série changement climatique en Afrique de l’IFPRI et intitulé L’Agriculture ouest-africaine et le changement climatique: une analyse Exhaustive, examine la façon dont le changement climatique nuira à la sécurité alimentaire dans 11 des pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, à savoir le...

Woodfuel contributes to more than half of energy consumption in 22 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, and over two-thirds of the households in Africa use wood as their main fuel for cooking, heating and water boiling. While its use is expected to further increase due to population growth and urbanization, there...

Cette fiche de présentation du projet informe sur les zones d'intervention, les objectifs, les activités prévues et les résultats et impacts.

What is the optimal size and composition of Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)? With these broader questions in mind, we characterize alternative formation of RuSACCOs and their implications in improving rural households’ access to financial services, including savings, credit and insurance services. We find that some features of RuSACCOs...

Farmers from Manica Province, Gondola district in Mozambique welcomed FAO mission in support to Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in Mozambique. The mission focused on identifying priorities that promote sustainable proven innovative practices and principles of production and post-production processes (responding to the Regional Initiative 2 – RI2) over the...

Worldwide, the figures on child labour are worrying. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are about 215 mn ‘child workers’, many of whom work full-time, and close to 170 mn are ‘trapped’ in activities considered...

This video tells the story of Joyce, an inspiring and entrepreneurial Kenyan fish farmer who has overcome many challenges to develop a thriving Tilapia and Catfish farming business. FAO and the ASTF fund are supporting aquaculture programs in Kenya with the aim to increase local fish production to fulfil local...

The Bulletin highlights outbreaks of transboundary pests and diseases that have the potential to impact food and nutrition security in Southern Africa. It also captures recently concluded and upcoming events that are being organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and stakeholders to improve the capacities...

This brochure comes to support awareness about land security among the rural population and investors. Securing land tenure remains a problem in most African country. And for good reason, the legal security of land depends on social peace as well as economic and social development. In Côte d'Ivoire, FAO and...

In 2016 one of the strongest El Niño events witnessed in the past 50 years struck. Mozambique, like many other countries in southern Africa was not spared. Thousands of farmers were left destitute as they helplessly watched their livestock die and crops fail as a severe drought raged on. The...

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector in Eastern Africa have developed a strategy to fight Fall Armyworm pest which is increasingly threatening food security, trade, and livelihoods in Africa, bringing together all actors in the sub-region. The strategy was the outcome of a Regional Strategy Workshop on Fall Armyworm in Eastern and...

For over a decade ActionAid Mozambique (AAMoz) has worked with strategic partner organisations in the south and north-east of the country to promote agroecology initiatives with 80 farmers’ associations consisting of over 8000 farmers. 96% of the members are women and 30% of them young people, cultivating an average of...

Since 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced severe climate-induced disruptions as a result of the El Niño weather phenomenon. The severity and extent of the ongoing El Niño, with its related droughts and floods have been considered the worst since the turn of the century, and have affected the livelihoods of...

Crop diversification is often promoted as a strategy to achieve climate resilience. However, the benefits to crop diversification may vary depending on household resource endowments. For farm households with few resources, as shown by studies of Burkina Faso, Malawi and Zambia, crop diversification is likely to be an important strategy...

FAO has issued a set of calls for expression of interest for internship positions, specifically encouraging applicants from the Global South and Indigenous Peoples.

This Advisory Note informs policymakers, memeber countries and FAO staff on the nature of the threat and the spread of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa, FAO's immediate response to FAW, and FAO support to governments and farmers.

In West Africa, the fisheries and aquaculture sector is still facing challenges that hamper its harmonious development and do not allow the sector to contribute sustainably to food and nutrition security and chronical poverty reduction within the populations of West Africa. These difficulties include mainly: (i) weakness of fisheries resources management...

Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), FAW, is an insect native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Its larval stage (photo) feeds on more than 80 plant species, including maize, rice, sorghum, millet, sugarcane, vegetable crops and cotton. FAW can cause significant yield losses if not well managed. It can...

Ce document s’adresse aux gestionnaires qui souhaitent établir un diagnostic préalable à la mise en œuvre de la gestion communautaire de la chasse. Il présente les outils d´évaluation de l’importance de la faune dans les modes de vie locaux et les règles de gestion en place, les outils de cartographie...

Making agriculture more attractive to young farmers and creating decent employment opportunities in rural areas could reverse migration of youth to urban centres and abroad. The migration of youth to urban centres increases the burden on African cities and leads to the proliferation of slums. In this regard, FAO is seeking...