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Accurate information is critical for natural resources to be managed sustainably. Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing, and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) helps countries monitor and report on forests and land use. SEPAL offers users unparalleled access to satellite data, an easy-to-use interface, and powered by cloud-based supercomputers, paving the way for improved climate change mitigation plans and data-driven land-use policies.

This leaflet provides an overview of the Self-evaluation and holistic assessment of climate resilience of farmers and pastoralists (SHARP) tool and how it might be used to help countries fulfill their reporting requirements related to the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework. SHARP assesses smallholders' resilience to climate change and is also useful for monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation in various agriculture sectors. It contributes to SDG 13: "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts".

This brief reviews how farming, agro-pastoralist, and pastoralist livelihood systems in Darfur are permanently changing in response to these major changes and in the face of ever-increasing pressure on natural resources. We examine these changes by livelihood specialization, describe the different roles men and women play in these changes, and highlight how the changes impact them differently. We also examine how changes in strategies affect the resilience of those strategies and how past strategies have become less effective, driven in part by pressure on natural resources. At the same time, we show how innovations are providing new opportunities to increase production and revenues while sustainably managing natural resources.  

La maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19), comme 60 pour cent des maladies infectieuses humaines, est d’origine animale. La pandémie met en évidence le besoin de prévenir et de détecter ce type de maladies, de s’y préparer et d’y répondre dans les régions où la prochaine pandémie pourrait se propager. Le risque est au plus haut lorsqu’il existe une interaction étroite entre faune sauvage et élevage intensif ou production agricole. Il est exacerbé quand l’agriculture empiète sur les écosystèmes naturels ou les met sous pression. Les exploitations familiales, qui ont recours au travail des femmes et des enfants, sont les plus exposées, notamment dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Les services médicaux, vétérinaires et de production animale y sont limités et où les systèmes de contrôle de la salubrité des aliments mal équipés pour prévenir et détecter les zoonoses émergentes ou résurgentes et y répondre.

This report explores the seasonal patterns of acute malnutrition and its key drivers in the Goz Beida Region of Chad. The findings reveal a nuanced and complex seasonal pattern of wasting characterized by two different sized peaks, each likely with different drivers. The primary and larger peak is at the start of the rains and a secondary smaller peak occurs prior to the harvest. This report explores the basic, immediate, and underlying drivers of acute malnutrition within the context of Chad and offers recommendations for programming and evaluation to be better grounded in a seasonal perspective.  

After decades of failing development aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has committed itself to identifying innovative approaches to better address food, nutrition and income insecurity in the Karamoja sub-region (referred to as Karamoja) of northeastern Uganda. For this purpose, Development Pathways was contracted to undertake a situation analysis to uncover the underlying causes of food, nutrition and income insecurity in Karamoja, and to generate ideas for innovative social policy solutions and provide recommendations.

En dépit de leur contribution sociale, économique et environnementale à leurs communautés, les pasteurs sont souvent mal compris et exclus des processus politiques qui les concernent. La FAO axe notamment son action sur la sensibilisation à leur contribution aux économies nationales et au développement local, ainsi que sur la justification du mode de gouvernance des terres et de la mobilité transfrontière qu’ils pratiquent. Le travail de la FAO inclus l’assistance technique, le plaidoyer politique, le développement des capacités et le partage de connaissances.