Khaled Mohamed and Mohamed Abd ElAziz are two best friends working as farmers in the Oasis of El Kharga, Egypt. They share several commonalities other than being illiterate and having hearing impairments, as both men are married and both have four children. The two were also born into families of farmers...

Lancé en juin 2022 au Cameroun, le Pôle de Connaissances de l’Agriculture Biologique en Afrique Centrale (PCAC) est le dernier des 5 hubs mis en place dans les 5 régions d'Afrique dans le cadre du projet Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture in Africa (KCOA). Le projet PCAC a été lancé...

L’Afrique subsaharienne est l’une des régions du monde où l’urbanisation est la plus rapide. Cette urbanisation entraîne une forte augmentation de la demande en produits maraîchers périssables. Elle offre ainsi de nouveaux marchés aux agriculteurs en périphérie des villes, tout en les contraignant d’un point de vue foncier du fait...

Approximately one-third of the world’s population depend on forests for their livelihoods. Forest-dependent people require social protection because they are often poor, geographically, politically and socially marginalized, and vulnerable to a variety of risks and shocks. Forestry and social protection programmes and policies share similar objectives of reducing vulnerability of...

This document begins with a description of how farmers’ seed systems and formal systems interact.Then we discuss some of the challenges facing farmers’ seed systems including climate change, the private ownership of seeds, the difficulty of registration and certification for farmers’ seeds, and the role of international treaties on national...

The Naoberhoeve is a Bio-dynamic social farm. The name of the farm refers to an old social system of neighbours who help each-other. In our modern interpretation of ‘’Naobership’’we share the beauty, the space and the opportunities for development of the farm with people in need of care.           The Naoberhoeve is...

FAO Namibia Newsletter March 2023 / Issue #1

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots – comprising a total 22 countries – during the outlook period from June to November 2023. Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan...

La protección social comprende programas e intervenciones que buscan mejorar la nutrición y la seguridad alimentaria de la población, objetivos que se vuelven especialmente relevantes en los países en desarrollo, donde la población más vulnerable enfrenta problemas de malnutrición importantes. La dimensión nutricional de la protección social se aborda a...

The article discusses Africa’s food paradox, poised between fast food, industrial farming systems and sustainable agroecological alternatives, to conclude that it is the Global North -not Africa- that is backwards.  Imagine a country defined by deep inequalities that determine how the population live – right down to what they eat. One...

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...

“I love my town deeply, and I want it to serve as a model for other towns in Lebanon”. These were the words of Hrair, our civilian hero, a 35-year-old man residing in Anjar, located in the Bekaa Governorate. Hrair’s work primarily centers around agriculture, where he plants strawberries and...

GrazyDaiSy is a European practice research project with eight partner countries. In Germany, it was carried out by the University of Hohenheim, as well as the organic associations Bioland and Demeter were carried out. The aim was to develop improved regionally adapted systems for pasture-based organic dairy farming. dairy farming....

Forestry and agroforestry education and extension programmes for forest and farm communities have not kept up with needs in many places. However, the success of achieving international sustainability goals and implementing global commitments with respect to sustainable production, halting land degradation, ecosystem restoration and climate change mitigation is contingent on...

The Horizon Europe project NATI00NS contributes to the Soil Mission objectives by mobilising potential applicants for regional soil health Living Labs open calls funded by the Mission through a range of engagement events and capacity building activities. Niels Halberg, NATI00NS Project Coordinator at Aarhus University, provides an overview of the...

A new publication from DG AGRI sets out an overview of facts and figures for the 27 EU Member States’ approved CAP Strategic Plans (CSPs). Key elements in CSPs for the 2023-2027 period are provided in the document featuring information available at the end of 2022. This clarifies the choices made by EU...

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...

This Activity Book is aimed at a broad age range of young people interested in learning more about the importance of water on our planet, inspiring them with solutions for a wiser management of water resources. Governments, the private sector, farmers, academia, civil society and individuals need to work together to...