In collaboration with the FAO Representation in the Sudan, the FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa, the FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa, and the FAO Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, this DIEM – Data in Emergencies situation overview presents the potential impacts of the...

Attaining sufficiency in food supply to support a growing population without compromising ecosystem functioning remains a top agenda of researchers and agricultural stakeholders. Agroecological farming approaches are effective techniques that ensure sustainable food production even in adverse situations. Population growth has been forecasted to reach over 9.1 billion by 2050...

IFAD’s Executive Board approved its first loan to the United Republic of Tanzania in 1978 – the second loan ever approved by the Board. Since then, IFAD has approved and financed 16 projects with investments of US$402.5 million and 4.2 million households have benefited from these activities. Tanzania has the...

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more. For more documents, feel free to search in the...

 Thefocus of this toolkit is on why it is critical for planners in Africa to thinkabout food issues, and more specifically, how to equip them to do this asa planning educator. This toolkit was designed to help planners developtheoretical and practical knowledge about food-sensitive planning,with the specific aim of supporting...

L’initiative européenne DeSIRA finance de nombreux projets d’innovation agricole à travers l’Afrique. Au Burkina Faso, douze sont actuellement opérationnels. Bioénergies, intensification agroécologique, nouvelles technologiques d’irrigation… : le secteur agricole burkinabè innove constamment. En juin, le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique et la délégation de l'Union européenne au...

This is a podcast series designed to help African planning scholars and urbanists to think through how and why food can be incorporated in urban planning and governance.  If you’re not a planner, don’t tune out. If you listen along you will find out how looking at a city through...

Depuis plus de vingt ans, l’Association GSDM, Professionnels de l’Agroécologie anime et accompagne la mise à l’échelle de l’agroécologie (AE). Institut technique de référence en la matière, il collabore avec les pouvoirs publics malgaches sur ses deux chevaux de bataille : l’éducation et la formation.

Comment faire dialoguer des approches de recherche et de terrain en matière de transition agroécologique? Comment définir les savoirs paysans et quelle place leur donner dans les dispositifs de FAR? Quelles conditions réunir pour rendre effectif un continuum Recherche – Conseil – Formation? Voici entre autres les enjeux abordés dans...

This article develops a conceptual framework on pathways through which non-contributory social protection can contribute to a resilient and inclusive agricultural growth in rural Africa. It draws insights from a review of rigorous empirical evidence on the impacts of cash transfers and multifaceted cash plus programs on range of relevant...

This working paper describes the methods used to develop the online Climate change atlas for Africa of tree species prioritized for forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia. The purpose of the atlas, available at http://atlas.worldagroforestry.org/, is to indicate how climate change is likely to affect the locations where particular tree species can grow...

This agrobiodiversity case study (No.3) from Madagascar is the third of six case studies prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). It describes the actions of the Analamanga Regional Branch of the National Platform for Women, Sustainable Development and Food Security (Antenne Régionale...

This agrobiodiversity case study (No.6) from Zambia is the sixth of six case studies prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). It describes the actions of the Choma District Tree Nursery and Growers Association (CDTNA). CDTNA represents 111 members, either individual nursery growers...

African food systems are facing a number of interconnected challenges, due to the negative impacts of climate change, among other factors. Nevertheless, Africa holds a primordial position to create more resilient and sustainable food production systems. More than half of the African population base their livelihood on agriculture; and half...

Considérées comme une activité de souveraineté alimentaire (FAO, 2012), les cultures maraîchères jouent un rôle primordial dans la plupart des programmes de nutrition, de lutte contre la pauvreté et contribuent significativement aux revenus des familles.Bien que le niveau de l’utilisation des pesticides dans l’agriculture africaine demeure faible par rapport à...

This agrobiodiversity case study (No.5) from Tanzania is the fifth of six case studies prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). It describes the actions of Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima na Wafugaji Mkoa wa Arusha (MVIWAARUSHA). The FFPO represents almost 12,500 smallholder...

This agrobiodiversity case study (No.2) from Ghana is the second of six case studies prepared by forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF). It describes the actions of the Abrono Organic Farmers Association (ABOFA) – formerly the Abrono Organic Farming Project – based in Forikrom...

La contrainte majeure évoquée par les exploitations agricoles des zones cotonnières est la baisse progressive de la capacité des sols cultivables à produire à cause de la mauvaise gestion de la fertilité. L'intégration agriculture-élevage en est une solution à travers l'amendement de la matière organique dont elle offre. L'objectif de...

This paper explores areas of contestation related todigital agriculture globally and highlights concernsrelated to the application of digital agriculture inthe smallholder farming sector in Africa. Theseconcerns include inequitable benefits and influenceaccrued from its deployment; ownership of data andhow it is used; and its exclusion and marginalisationof the people-environment relationshipsand knowledge...

À Arusha, en Tanzanie, un consortium d’ONG, dont Îles de Paix, accompagne les agriculteurs dans le déploiement de cultures biologiques, alors que la région est confrontée à un réel problème de qualité des aliments, avec des impacts significatifs sur la santé des habitants.