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NewsletterNewsletterFAO Rwanda Newsletter 1st quarter 2018 - Issue#1, Volume 4
Building the resilience of smallholder farmers towards ending hunger and poverty
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No results found.The FAO Rwanda Newsletter 1st quarter 2018 - Issue#1 disseminate information on the activities of the organization. It aims to build regular communication with FAO-Rwanda’s government, development, and community partners, offer valuable updates on projects that the reader will find informative and useful and provide success stories that inspire the public and illustrate FAO-Rwanda’s efficacy and transparency. FAO launched the use of pheromone traps and lures to help farmers in the fight against Fall Army Worm; Women involved fishing in Rusizi district were given training to improve their business and incomes and through the land restoration and sustainable food and agriculture, farmers in Rulindo were given seedlings and a market to facilitate sell of their produce. -
ProjectFactsheetBoosting Food Security and Nutrition in Ghana and Malawi - GCP/RAF/480/GER 2020
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No results found.The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme provides the framework in Africa within which sector reviews, expenditure reviews and investment planning related to agriculture and, increasingly, food security and nutrition, are undertaken. In order to ensure efficiency of resource allocation, assistance is needed to strengthen capacities for effective mobilization and use of resources for food security and nutrition, in particular in the development, implementation and monitoring of National Agricultural Investment Plans. In this context, the project was designed to address a number of key issues in Ghana and Malawi. These included insufficient human and institutional capacity to track and analyse resource flows to food security and nutrition, inadequate capacity to negotiate and facilitate public-private partnerships to attract domestic private investment, inadequate stakeholder engagement of diverse non-state actors, the private sector and civil society in policy, as well as political and accountability processes and mechanisms for food security and nutrition. -
BookletCorporate general interestMapping territorial markets in Malawi
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No results found.Smallholder farmers are responsible for most of the food consumed in the world, as well as most of the investments made in agriculture. They operate largely in a range of local and national markets that are embedded in territorial food systems, also known as “territorial markets”. From a consumer perspective, these markets serve as key retail outlets for access to the foods needed for healthy diets, in particular fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, meat and staple foods. Despite their importance however, data concerning territorial markets – such as the availability of food groups, food retailers and consumer profiles – are not often included in national data collection systems. As a result, they are often neglected in strategies aimed at improving nutrition, reducing poverty and fostering local economies. This booklet presents data and results from the mapping territorial markets in Malawi.
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate change and food security: risks and responses 2015
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End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition are at the heart of the sustainable development goals. The World has committed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. But climate change is undermining the livelihoods and food security of the rural poor, who constitute almost 80 percent of the world’s poor. The effects of climate change on our ecosystems are already severe and widespread. Climate change brings a cascade of impacts from agroecosystems to livelihoods. Climate change impacts directly agroecosystems, which in turn has a potential impact on agricultural production, which drives economic and social impacts, which impact livelihoods. In other words, impacts translate from climate to the environment, to the productive sphere, to economic and social dimensions. Therefore, ensuring food security in the face of climate change is among the most daunting challenges facing humankind. Action is urgently needed now to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience of food systems to ensure food security and good nutrition for all. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileThe future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050 2018
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No results found.The report 'The future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050' explores three different scenarios for the future of food and agriculture, based on alternative trends for key drivers, such as income growth and distribution, population growth, technical progress in agriculture, and climate change. Building on the report 'The future of food and agriculture – Trends and challenges', this publication provides scenario-based quantitative projections to 2050 for food and agriculture. Quantitative evidence and qualitative assessments, shed light on possible strategic options for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating hunger, improving nutrition and ensuring that food and agricultural sectors become economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.