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ProjectEmergency Support to Vulnerable Smallholder Farming Households in Moldova to Mitigate Effects of Supply Chain Disruption Caused by the Ukraine Conflict - TCP/MOL/3901 2025
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No results found.The agriculture sector is traditionally the main pillar of the Moldovan economy. In 2020, it employed over 27 percent of the country’s labour force, and accounted for around 12 percent of Moldova’s gross domestic product and approximately 45 percent of total exports. The sector produces a large range of agricultural products, including grains, fruit, vegetables and livestock. In 2016, smallholders represented 98.8 percent of the total number of agricultural producers and cultivated 36.4 percent of the total agricultural land in the country. Smallholders and family farms generate more than 62 percent of the total national volume of agricultural produce, making a fundamental contribution to overall food production and food security. It has been estimated that approximately 70 percent of the rural population depends solely on agriculture for its livelihood. Agricultural production in Moldova is entirely dependent on the import of major agriculture inputs, including fuel, fertilizers and chemical products for plant protection. This dependency makes Moldovan agriculture subject to international price volatility. Insufficient access to quality inputs remains a constraint for competitiveness in a number of subsectors. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has created unprecedented challenges for Moldovan farmers. Key challenges relate to reduced access to neighbouring export-import markets and to key agricultural inputs, and the disruption of economic transit routes. In 2022, the government estimated that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine had already affected 70 percent of smallholder farms. -
ProjectStrengthening Capacities to Operate Government-Led Home-Grown School Food Initiatives in Ethiopia and Senegal - GCP/GLO/775/ITA 2022
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Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) is a school feeding model that provides children in schools with safe, diverse and nutritious food sourced locally from smallholders. The benefits of HGSF go beyond education and nutrition to tackle livelihoods of smallholder farmers and local communities. However, building links between school feeding programmes and local and smallholder agriculture production requires adjustments and reforms at institutional, policy and regulatory levels. This includes the alignment of public procurement laws, regulations and related practices. Against this background, building on the previous experience of the Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) programme designed and implemented by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) to support HGSF, the project aimed to enhance the technical capacity of the governments of Ethiopia and Senegal to operate their current HGSF initiatives. The project also provided additional options for decision making on supply chain and business models, operational modalities, adapted procurement regulatory frameworks and contractual options, for an inclusive public procurement of a diversified school food basket. -
ProjectTechnical Assistance for Management of Aflatoxins in Eswatini - TCP/SWA/3802 2025
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No results found.Aflatoxins are toxic compounds produced by certain moulds (from the Aspergillus species) that can contaminate food and pose health risks to humans and animals. They are associated with liver cancer and other serious health conditions, such as stunting in children and immunosuppression. Consuming high levels of aflatoxins can cause acute poisoning and result in death in both humans and livestock. Eswatini currently lacks comprehensive data on the extent of aflatoxin contamination within its food supply chain, while public awareness of the harmful effects of mycotoxins is notably low. The existing detection equipment in Eswatini can only identify aflatoxin levels down to 5 parts per billion (ppb). However, certain export markets, such as the European Union, have stringent requirements, necessitating aflatoxin B1 levels as low as 2 ppb and 4 ppb for products like maize and groundnuts, respectively. To address these challenges, the project aimed to: i) conduct a national survey to determine the extent of aflatoxin exposure among the population of Eswatini; ii) develop awareness among the rural and urban population on aflatoxin poisoning, prevention, control, impact and management; iii) enhance farmers' skills in aflatoxin prevention and management; and iv) strengthen the capacity of the government testing laboratory to perform quantitative analysis of a wide range of mycotoxins.
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