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Social protection has helped lift millions of people out of extreme poverty.  However, seventy percent of the world population, particularly in rural areas, still lack social protection coverage. Benjamin Davis, Strategic Programme Leader ad interim of the FAO Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction together with Natalia Winder Rossi, Social Protection Team Leader of the FAO Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division explain how enhancing social protection systems in rural areas can contribute to reducing poverty and ending hunger. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages. See all videos in the Policy and Governance series :  AR  CH  EN [...]

The world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Agriculture has a key role to play in feeding this population. However, agriculture must adapt to climate change and help mitigate climate impacts. Romina Cavatassi and Aslihan Arslan, Natural Resource Economists of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Division explain how Climate Smart Agriculture addresses agricultural development to achieve sustainable food and agriculture worldwide. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages.  See all videos in the Policy and Governance series :  AR  CH  EN   FR  RU  SP

This 1.5-hour course guides users through the simulation of a workshop process using a methodology based on malnutrition problem-and-solution trees. It allows users to understand the multisectoral causes of malnutrition and food insecurity, and gain new facilitation skills for successful participatory workshops.  

The selection of the spatial area designated for aquaculture development and careful selection of farm sites are essential first steps to ensure the success and sustainability of aquaculture. They should be carried out in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, (CCRF) and the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries, No. 5, Suppl. 4. Rome, FAO. 53 pp.

Agriculture is a source of livelihood for over 35 percent of the world’s population. Natural hazards and disasters – such as floods, drought, storms, earthquakes, landsides, tsunamis or wildfire – disproportionately affect the small-scale farmers, herders, fishers and forest dependent communities who generate over half of the world’s agricultural production. Between 2004 and 2013, agriculture absorbed more than 22 percent of total damage and losses caused by natural disasters in developing countries. Vulnerability increases with each event, reversing improvements to food security, poverty reduction and agricultural development. As a result of climate change, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, intense [...]

This module concerns integrating capacity development into programming and covers the assessment process, engagement with stakeholders and tracking capacity development. Tools are provided. This module is the second in the series designed to improve Capacity Development (CD) approaches in projects and programmes of FAO. It includes examples and tools to support endogenous CD processes in the areas of FAO’s mandate. Practitioners also may draw on the other Learning Modules (see box 1) which cover tools from disciplines such as organization analysis and development, learning event planning, facilitation and instructional science. Learning Module 2 is organized around five major themes: engaging with national/local actors; analysing the context and [...]

This 35-minute module addresses the basic terms and concepts relating to food and nutrition, malnutrition, food security and livelihoods. By the end of this module, you will be able to define and differentiate these key concepts and understand the different situations that they encompass. Understanding these concepts is indeed very important in order to be able to assess the nutrition situation, to design and implement programmes, investments and policies that address nutrition problems (also called "nutrition-sensitive"), and to evaluate the nutritional outcomes of programmes, investments and policies.    

L’agriculture contractuelle, qui désigne généralement la production et la commercialisation de produits agricoles en vertu d’un accord conclu au préalable entre producteurs et acheteurs, est de plus en plus pratiquée dans de nombreux pays pour des denrées agricoles très variées. Conscients de l’importance de mieux faire connaître le régime juridique applicable aux opérations d’agriculture contractuelle, l’Institut international pour l’unification du droit privé (UNIDROIT), l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) ont préparé ce Guide juridique sur l’agriculture contractuelle UNIDROIT/FAO/FIDA. Ce Guide constituera une référence utile pour tous les opérateurs qui [...]

Le présent document est conçu comme un guide à l’intention des planificateurs qui souhaitent appliquer ces recommandations lors de la conception d’investissements ou de programmes agricoles. Il aborde les premières phases du cycle de programmation (analyse du contexte, conception et examen critique des programmes), énonce pour chacune les questions fondamentales et fournit également des conseils et des références, qui peuvent aider les missions chargées de la formulation des programmes à: déterminer quelles sont les informations nécessaires à l’analyse du contexte qui précède la conception d’un programme agricole sensible à la nutrition; guider la définition des objectifs, des groupes cibles, ainsi [...]

Les mesures visant à réduire et à éliminer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) dans le secteur AFAT fournissent plusieurs occasions de renforcer les synergies entre des activités liées à l’intensification durable, à l’amélioration de l’efficacité des exploitations agricoles, à l’adaptation au changement climatique, à la sécurité alimentaire et au développement rural (Module 1). Les MAAN sont un instrument en pleine expansion, destiné aux pays qui veulent entreprendre des mesures volontaires pour réduire les émissions de GES dans le cadre du développement durable national (Module 2). Des évaluations rapides ou approfondies peuvent être utilisées pour mettre en avant [...]