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ProjectSupport in Starting Up OH Interventions Minimizing the Socio-Economic Impact of Health Threats in Southern Africa - TCP/SFS/3901 2025
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No results found.The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the global vulnerability to zoonotic diseases and the urgent need for improved preparedness using OH principles. These principles advocate for the collaboration of sectors involved in the health of people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. The tripartite organizations (FAO, OIE, WHO), recently joined by UNEP, are working together to address zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and biodiversity protection. However, national and regional implementation remains limited, especially in integrating wildlife and environmental health with traditional animal and human health sectors. AMR is a significant threat due to the misuse of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and agriculture. This misuse leads to resistant pathogens, complicating treatment and threatening food security, nutrition, and environmental sustainability. Southern Africa faces high levels of antimicrobial resistance, exacerbated by weak regulatory frameworks and poor agricultural practices. -
ProjectCreating Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa - GCP/SFS/004/EC 2025
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In November 2018, the European Union, through the 11th European Development Fund, provided FAO with a budget to support the implementation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP). The project’s objective was to create sustainable agricultural growth and socio-economic development in the SADC region. It was envisioned that the achievement of this objective would result in trade opportunities and an improved competitiveness of animal and plant products in regional and international trade, as well as improved food and nutrition security in all SADC Member States. In particular, the project aimed to enhance information on agricultural production, sustainability and competitiveness for evidence-based decision-making, and to improve access to markets through implementation regional control strategies for plant and animal pest and diseases, which threaten the food and nutrition security of the region and impact negatively on both regional and international trade. -
ProjectDeveloping a Roadmap to Leverage Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization For Climate-Smart Agriculture (SAM4CSA) in Southern Africa - TCP/SFS/3903 2025
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No results found.The Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (F-SAMA) was developed in 2018 through a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Rural Development and Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) at the African Union Commission (AUC). The F-SAMA supports the creation of sustainable manufacture and distribution systems by using agricultural mechanization inputs along the whole production chain, from imports of raw material to other equipment that is suitable to the local conditions and requirements of the smallholder farmers. Several participating countries encountered institutional limitations to accommodate the interests of small-scale farmers (including women and youth) as well as small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) across different agrifood systems. There was also a need to strengthen mechanisms to facilitate a subregional exchange of information, technologies and networking, as well as subregional cooperation to design and implement collaborative subregional programmes, given that national markets of agricultural machinery and human capacities are too limited to achieve economies of scale, and to build sustainable institutions that will promote the sustainable agricultural mechanization for climate-smart agriculture (SAM4CSA).
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