Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and The Gambia share experiences on reducing rural poverty through South-South Cooperation Last December 2017, Kenya hosted a regional workshop to share successful experiences on poverty reduction. The event brought together for the first time the three African Knowledge Exchange Platforms, and their representatives from Kenya, Ghana and...

Meeting the food and water needs of the growing world population over the next half-century will require the use of renewable technologies that significantly improve rural livelihood at minimal environment cost. Among these technologies, solar-power has great potential for rural development through improving access to electricity and water, and can...

JOINT FAO-IFAD-WFP PRESS RELEASE  7 March 2018, Rome - The role of information communications technologies in supporting rural women's economic empowerment, voice and status, will be the focus of discussions at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 8 March, International Women's Day. IFAD, together with United Nations Food and Agriculture...

2018年2月27日，罗马-绿色气候基金批准了一个由粮农组织和巴拉圭政府共同开发的气候变化适应和减缓项目，项目总金额为9000万美元。这一决定在于2月27日至3月2日举行的绿色气候基金理事会第十九届会议上得到正式批准，这是粮农组织向绿色气候基金提交的首份资金申请提案。

Sanihan lives in Baramadougou village, north of Ségou in Mali, with 13 members of her family. A few weeks before the harvest when their food supply is almost exhausted, she explains: “My husband is working in the field and it‘s up to us, women, to look for money to nourish our...