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In the framework of the FAO project Building resilience in the Sahel Region through job creation for youth, financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), different employment schemes have been initiated in Mauritania, in collaboration with the Government. The objective of such employment schemes is...

FAO reaffirmed its commitment to mobilize diaspora contributions to rural development through the participation in the Global Forum on Remittances, Investments and Development (GFRID), which took place in Nairobi on 14-16 June 2023. The forum, organized every two years by IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances together with the UN Office of...

The FAO Green Jobs for Rural Youth Employment (GJ4RYE) project is transforming lives in Zimbabwe by creating green jobs, particularly in beekeeping. The initiative provides technical training and support, promoting biodiversity conservation while generating profits from bee-products.

Climate change-related events undermine children’s educational attainment, exposing them to child labour, hazardous work and forced migration. This nexus is particularly relevant for agriculture and its subsectors: indeed, they absorb about 26 percent of the economic impacts of climate change-related disasters and host 70 percent of all child labour. This...