Since 2015 FAO supports El Ceibo in different ways, by providing technical support, facilitating access to new markets, and brokering agreements with the Bolivian government to protect the interests of small cocoa farmers.

Social protection is recognized strategy for ending poverty, achieving zero hunger and building resilient livelihoods. Evidence shows that combining social protection and forest-policy instruments can help to conserve forests, while increasing the productive capacity and resilience of forest-dependent communities. FAO and partners are exploring opportunities for building linkages and synergies between...

This forum aims to get perspectives from SIDS about the connection between poverty and climate change. The results gathered here will feed into an ongoing work to support countries to address the interrelation between poverty and climate change in coastal areas, coastal communities and SIDS. It also aims to provide...

06/07/2018, Rome, Italy - FAO and Guangfa Securities (GFS), a leading Chinese securities company, signed an agreement to work together to reach the goal of ending poverty by 2030. GFS committed to contributing USD 1 million to cooperate with FAO to revitalize China’s rural areas in order to meet the...

The new FAO project Rural youth migration, social protection and sustainable value chains in Kenya, funded by the Italian Development Cooperation, aims to boost employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for Kenyan rural youth along selected value chains. The final objective is to provide alternatives to migration, while also strengthening links with...