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ProjectFactsheetHand-in-Hand Initiative: Supporting Agricultural Transformation through Informed Agricultural Planning and Investment - TCP/MLW/3805 2025
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No results found.Malawi's economy heavily depends on agriculture, with over 80 percent of the population relying on smallholder farming. However, agricultural production and productivity remain below potential, failing to meet growing domestic and export demands. This shortfall is driven by factors such as environmental degradation, population pressure on arable land, limited access to modern farming technologies, low mechanization, poor infrastructure and the effects of climate variability. Additionally, limited access to up-to-date information and data hampers informed investment planning in the agricultural sector. To address these challenges, the government launched the Malawi 2063 Vision in January 2021, which focuses on three pillars: agricultural productivity and commercialization, industrialization and urbanization. A key aspect of this strategy is to identify areas with high agricultural potential to optimize investment outcomes, aligning with the goals of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Initiative. This initiative uses advanced data and Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to support agricultural transformation and sustainable rural development, targeting poverty reduction, hunger eradication and the reduction of inequalities by leveraging evidence-based data for better-targeted investments. It utilizes sophisticated econometric modelling and geospatial data to assess the agricultural and economic potential of specific micro-regions. -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthen Capacity to Sustainably Improve Livelihoods in the Green Growth Economic Corridor through Development of Strategic Mechanisms to Bolster Partnerships and Resource Mobilization under Hand-In-Hand Initiative (HIHI) - TCP/LAO/3805 2025
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No results found.Despite significant economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and malnutrition remain high in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A Food Systems Assessment carried out in 2021 indicated that the country was faced by a triple burden of undernutrition, emergent overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. In 2017, despite a significant decrease in the stunting rate for children under five (CU5) years, the rate remained high, at 33 percent. Underweight and wasting remained serious concerns, with 70 percent of children below 12 months suffering from anaemia (Lao Social Indicator Survey [LSIS], 2017), while overweight affected 3.5 percent of CU5 (LSIS, 2017). Maternal malnutrition continued to be a problem, with about 40 percent of women of reproductive age (WRA) being anaemic. Overweight and obesity were also increasing among WRA, reaching 12.8 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively (National Information Platform for Nutrition, 2020). Overall, the burden of malnutrition in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a clear threat to achieving the SDGs and the NSEDP 2021–2025 targets. The situation with regard to poverty, malnutrition and inequality has suffered further deterioration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbations of climate change. -
ProjectFactsheetTransformational Change in Rwanda through Hand-in-Hand Initiative - TCP/RWA/3805 2024
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No results found.Despite remarkable improvements in recent years, Rwanda's agricultural sector still faces many challenges and has yet to reach its production potential. Worryingly, the food security index is below the sub-Saharan African average. To address these trends, the Government is promoting new strategies to stimulate productivity growth, expand nutritional food production, and reduce rural poverty. The Hand-in-Hand Initiative (HIHI) is an evidence-based, country-led and country-owned initiative launched by FAO. It aims to contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty (SDG 1), hunger and all forms of malnutrition (SDG 2) by accelerating the transformation of agricultural and food systems and promoting sustainable rural development. The objectives of the project were to: i) use HIHI analytics to identify key opportunities for accelerating agricultural and rural transformation; ii) conduct stakeholder consultations to identify key constraints to realizing this potential; iii) bring together partners to mobilize the necessary knowledge and resources to address these constraints; iv) apply a territorial approach to focus complementary interventions; and v) develop an investment plan that integrates all interventions with common goals and milestones.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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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 (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. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.