Agriculture in the European Union (EU) is undergoing a complex process of digitalization. According to FAO and ITU, digital agriculture refers to the enhancement of agricultural and rural development through improved information and communication processes (adapted from Sylvester, 2016). More specifically, it involves the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application...

Les services climatiques destinés aux agriculteurs sont des outils d’aide à la décision essentiels. Ils aident à mieux cerner le risque météorologique que les producteurs anticipent de plus en plus difficilement dans le contexte du changement climatique.  Sur la base d’une revue de littérature et à travers des exemples concrets,...

Cet article évalue l’impact de l’utilisation des téléphones mobiles sur la pauvreté des ménages agricoles au Niger. En utilisant les méthodes d’estimation de l’appariement par le score de propension (PSM) et de l’ajustement de régression par pondération à probabilité inverse (IPWRA), il ressort que l’utilisation des téléphones mobiles par les...

This Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sectors (CGA-ARS) in Pakistan identifies several gaps, challenges, priorities, and opportunities related to gender equality and rural women’s empowerment. It offers an evidence-informed analysis of rural women’s experiences, challenges and opportunities in the context of sociocultural norms and gendered power dynamics...

En Afrique de l’Ouest, comme partout dans le monde, les agricultrices et agriculteurs sont les premiers à observer les effets du changement climatique dans leurs exploitations. Pour faire face aux aléas grandissants de la météo, l'intensification écologique et l’agro-écologie sont devenues des alternatives incontournables pour améliorer et rendre l’agriculture plus résiliente.  Martine...

Coffee is one of the most important smallholder cash crops in Papua New Guinea. It accounted for $156 million of export earnings, 13% of agricultural export revenues, and 1.4% of total export revenues in PNG in 2021. According to the PNG Rural Household Survey 2023, approximately 55% of sampled households in the...

During 2021 and 2022, global food and fertilizer prices spiked due to several overlapping factors. Demand rose as the world economy emerged from the COVID-19 recession; global supply chains suffered major disruptions associated with the uneven recovery; and the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine—both key food and fertilizer...

Que ce soit au Niger, au Burkina Faso ou au Mali, les maladies non transmissibles que sont l'hypertension artérielle, l’hyperglycémie, le diabète, sont des problématiques qui ont explosé avec le changement des habitudes alimentaires en ville. Cette alimentation riche en sucre et en graisse cohabite avec une sous nutrition chronique...

The double burden of malnutrition—the simultaneous manifestation of both undernutrition and overweight and obesity—continues to be a major worldwide public health problem. Having updated data on key malnutrition outcomes is crucial for evidence-based actions to effectively address one of the primary contributors to poor health globally. In The Lancet, the NCD Risk Factor...

This interactive and practical training facilitates adult learning and aims to build capacities to apply the concepts learned in everyday life. For example, it includes interactive roleplaying games, scenarios, and guest speakers who share their experiences to model sound financial behaviors.

Si aujourd'hui on parle d’agroécologie, c'est grâce aux savoirs et pratiques des femmes rurales dans l'agriculture vivrière. Leur refuser le droit d’accès à la terre au profit de l’agrobusiness sonne le glas de notre santé environnementale et de notre souveraineté alimentaire. Comment préserver les savoir-faire ancestraux tout en les adaptant aux...

Food security and dietary diversity, defined as providing either physical (availability) or economic (accessibility) access to food, are linked with access to and control over productive resources and is a highly-gendered phenomenon. In Nepal, labor out-migration has increased household income and may have increased people’s ability to access diverse food...

Natural ecosystems store large amounts of carbon globally, as organisms absorb carbon from the atmosphere to build large, long-lasting, or slow-decaying structures such as tree bark or root systems. An ecosystem’s carbon sequestration potential is tightly linked to its biological diversity. Yet when considering future projections, many carbon sequestration models...

Fertilisers are crucial components of food systems, with impacts beyond agricultural markets. This study utilises the OECD-FAO Aglink-Cosimo model to examine the intricate interplay between fertiliser markets, policies, and their repercussions on agricultural markets, food security, and environmental sustainability over the medium term. Two distinct scenario analyses reveal significant insights....

En mai 2023, s’est tenu à Kigali, l’Événement de gestion des connaissances du FO4ACP, soutenu par le FIDA et organisé par la PAFO. Il a rassemblé plus de 250 participants, représentant 34 pays. Avec pour thème “Partager les connaissances qui nous rendent plus forts” l’événement visait à échanger les bonnes...

¿Te imaginas un mundo en el que lo que estudias te prepara para trabajar? Nosotros sí. Con este programa de formación técnico-profesional buscamos equipar a los jóvenes con habilidades para las nuevas tecnologías que el sector agropecuario argentino demanda. Descubre más iniciativas del BID para impulsar habilidades para la productividad...

This video shows FAO Regional Priorities (4 betters) in Latin America and the Caribbean

En el marco de la Plataforma Técnica Regional de Agricultura Familiar, tenemos el agrado de invitarles a participar II Edición del Ciclos de Intercambios Técnicos para la Agricultura Familiar, que trabajará el tema de Compras Públicas de la Agricultura Familiar La Plataforma Técnica Regional de Agricultura Familiar es una iniciativa global...

The United Nations 2024 report on the development of water resources is quite rich in lessons. It draws attention to the complex and interdependent relationships between sustainable water management, prosperity and peace, describing how progress in one dimension can have positive, often essential, impacts on others. By making the link...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected vulnerable households’ livelihoods in developing countries. Using high-frequency phone survey data from the World Bank, we assess rural Indian households’ vulnerability and poverty status during the pandemic. Results reveal that over three-fifths of Indian rural households are vulnerable to poverty in the...