People and forests
News
New age for oak acorns: couscous in Algeria
16/10/2021
Acorns from oak trees hold potential to contribute to diversifying diets and better nutrition, according to a new FAO report published today.
FAO calls for climate finance for forest and farm smallholders
12/10/2021
Scaling up assistance to forest and farm smallholders would provide benefits at a planetary scale in the face of climate change, according to a new FAO policy brief published today.
Winner of GROW Summer School agrobiodiversity innovation contest announced
27/09/2021
Jyoti Patil from India has won the GROW Summer School innovation contest focused on improving smallholders’ livelihoods through agrobiodiversity in fragile ecosystems.
Publications
Social protection for forest-dependent communities
2017
This policy brief, developed with the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, is based on a global literature review of social protection for forest-dependent communities and three country case studies in Burkina Faso, China and Uganda.
Links between social protection and forestry policies: Lessons from China
2017
This review analyses the main forestry and social protection policies in China’s major forestry programmes.
Impact of the shea nut industry on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
2017
This study, developed in collaboration with Bright Futures of Burkina Faso, surveys 183 women and 6 men including 36 leaders of shea groups, to provide quantitative analysis on the economic resilience derived from shea nuts in terms of income, assets and savings.