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NewsletterNewsletterFAO Rwanda Newsletter, 4th quarter 2018 - Issue #4
Supporting family farmers to produce more food
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No results found.FAO Rwanda newsletter is aimed to inform its partners about FAO interventions in Rwanda in ending malnutrition and improve the farmers' incomes through agriculture. In 2015, chronic malnutritio or stunting was at 38% according to Rwanda Demographic Health Survey. Over 70% of Rwanda's population relies on agriculture and therefore, the sector presents emmerse opportunities to create employment for rural people. About one in four rural households lives in extreme poverty and agriculture remains the backbone of the economy, accounting for one third of 33% of the total GDP in 2014 (NISR, 2015) and employing about 60 per cent of total employment in a population of 10.5 million people. However, the sector faces a number of challenges including the recent outbreak of Fall Armyworm (FAW) which, by 2018, it had infested maize plantations in all the 30 districts. FAO has distributed eco-friendly pheromone traps and lures which trap male moths to reduce their reproduction. The FAO also gave farmers mobile phone application FAMEWS (Fall Armyworm Monitoring & Early Warning System) which helps to monitor the insect. FAO, through a new project, distributed to farmers’ access to healthy and high yielding banana planting materials to increase banana production for local demand and export. -
BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms.