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ProjectFactsheetFormulation and Review of Fully-Fledged Project Document for "Strengthening Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agriculture Livelihoods in Iraq's Rural Communities" Project - TCP/IRQ/3803 2024
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No results found.Iraq has experienced significant and interconnected political, economic, environmental and security challenges over the past few years, and the effects of climate change are exacerbating the situation. Increased temperatures, outdated irrigation infrastructures, droughts, energy shortage, the lack of skills of both farmers and extension officers and an incomplete policy and strategic framework were the main constraints to climate change adaptation in Iraq, especially, in the farming communities of the central and southern plains. In addition, given that about 25 percent of the target areas’ population is employed in agriculture and produce around 40 percent of the country’s rice, working to stabilize the water supply would contribute to ensure food security and social stability in the country. This project aimed to support Iraq national institutions to develop a full Green Climate Fund (GCF) project to enhance climate resilience of rural livelihoods through climate-adaptive technologies and good farming practices that will stabilize water availability in the governorates of Karbala, Muthanna and Najaf. Through its main output, the drafting of a full funding proposal (FFP), the project aimed to mobilize significant financial resources that will improve the most vulnerable population livelihoods (around 650 000 individuals, among which 321 000 are women). The drafting of the GCF sought to closely engage government entities, researchers and agricultural extension officers, and looked to reach at least 1.9 million farmers to foster their cropping systems under improved institutional arrangements and climate-smart agriculture methodologies and use of land. -
ProjectFactsheetEmpowering Rural Resilience by Strengthening Livelihoods and Community Capacity in Kenya and Malawi - FMM/GLO/163/MUL 2024
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No results found.Kenya and Malawi face persistent rural poverty, which was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic as containment measures disrupted markets, limited mobility and reduced employment opportunities in both on-farm and off farm sectors. In response, this subprogramme, led by FAO in collaboration with the Governments of Kenya and Malawi, was designed to tackle these challenges. The pandemic had a particularly severe impact on rural women, who, as primary caregivers and key participants in the informal sector, faced limited access to information, decision making, and resilience-building opportunities. Inclusive agrifood systems, the main source of rural employment, are crucial in addressing poverty in these regions. The subprogramme aimed to address immediate livelihood constraints caused by COVID-19 while laying the groundwork for more resilient and inclusive food systems. By integrating social protection, livelihood support, early warning systems, and community engagement, the approach seeks to establish sustainable development pathways that enhance resilience and promote inclusive economic growth in rural areas. -
ProjectFactsheetMejora de medios de vida de comunidades rurales de Guatemala a través de su adaptación a la variabilidad del cambio climático - GCP/GUA/030/ROK 2024
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Guatemala es un país con 16 millones de habitantes, de los cuales el 51,5 % son mujeres y el 40 % indígenas, y donde la pobreza alcanza al 59,3 % de la población. En los últimos años los impactos debidos a la variabilidad climática como episodios de exceso de precipitaciones alternados con periodos de sequía, han resultado en la pérdida de ecosistemas, así como en la reducción de la calidad y disponibilidad de recursos hídricos. Una de las principales actividades económicas afectadas es la agricultura, la cual constituye la principal fuente de ingresos de las áreas rurales. En ese contexto, surge el proyecto “Adaptación de comunidades rurales, a la variabilidad y cambio climático para mejorar su resiliencia y medios de vida”, el cual tiene como propósito que los productores de comunidades rurales fortalezcan su resiliencia y adaptación a la variabilidad y cambio climático y puedan hacer sostenibles sus medios de vida, a través de la restauración de sus paisajes agroforestales degradados, y puedan contar con condiciones para un desarrollo empresarial sostenible. Así, el proyecto respondió a las necesidades y prioridades identificadas en mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y la mejora de los medios de subsistencia en 10 municipios en los departamentos de Petén, Alta Verapaz y Baja Verapaz, áreas más afectadas por los efectos del cambio climático. El proyecto benefició a 8 175 participantes, entre los cuales un 33 % fueron mujeres.
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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. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportCFS 2019/46/Inf.17 - Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
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Food systems and agriculture are at a crossroads and a profound transformation is needed at all scales, not only to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) to “end hunger and all forms of malnutrition” by 2030 but also to address Agenda 2030 in its entirety, including human and environmental health, climate change, equity and social stability. Current trends, such as the new increase, since 2014, in the number of undernourished people and the alarming rate of all forms of malnutrition in all countries, and related tensions will be exacerbated if we fail to design and implement, in a very near future, food systems that ensure food security and nutrition while addressing all sustainability challenges. Agroecological and other innovative approaches in agriculture are increasingly praised for their potential contribution to reach these crucial goals. This report adopts a dynamic perspective, centred on the key concepts of transition and transformation. Ultimately, this rich and comprehensive report aims to fuel an exciting policy convergence process and help remove the lock-ins by developing a common understanding of these matters, so that concrete transition pathways can be implemented at all relevant scales, from farm, community and landscape to national, regional and global levels.