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ProjectFactsheetImproving Productivity, Nutrition, and Income Security of Farmers on Food and Nutrition-Insecure Districts in Zimbabwe - GCP/ZIM/025/UK 2021
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No results found.In Zimbabwe, approximately 70 percent of the population relies on subsistence rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods and food and nutrition security. The majority are smallholder farmers, tilling an average of one hectare of land or less per household. The high reliance on subsistence rainfed agriculture renders much of the rural population vulnerable to climate related shocks and seasonal stressors. According to vulnerability assessments, households have few sources of income other than agriculture, and spend more than half of their budget on food. The country’s already precarious food security and nutrition situation is further exacerbated by poorly functioning markets, low soil fertility, and farmers’ limited access to credit, knowledge and best practices. In order to address these challenges, the project aimed to promote improved and climate smart agricultural practices, increase access by smallholder farmers to rural finance, and stimulate the production and consumption of safe and nutritious food, among other key interventions. -
ProjectFactsheetAssisting Small-Scale Irrigation and Value Addition in Kenya - UTF/KEN/083/KEN 2023
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No results found.The agriculture sector is Kenya is critical to the national economy and has been identified as a priority area in national strategy and policies contributing to improving food security and nutrition. In line with Kenya Vision 2030, the government has launched a strategy to transform smallholder agriculture from its subsistence status into a modern, sustainable, commercially oriented and competitive sector. In support of this strategy, “The Kenya Small scale Irrigation and Value Addition Project KSIVAP”, aimed to enhance smallholders’ agricultural competitiveness, and improve food and nutrition security in eleven counties. The project required robust institutional, organizational and technical capacity at national and county levels to effectively deliver on its mandate and functions. Following the devolution of agriculture in 2010, however, the extension service presented critical capacity gaps in the provision of technical support for the commercialization of smallholder agriculture. A Technical Assistance (TA) project was therefore designed to provide technical support and to assist in the capacity building and performance development of national and county coordination units in the sector. -
ProjectFactsheetEnhancing Food Security and Livelihoods for Small-Scale Farmers in Lebanon - GCP/LEB/045/SWI-F 2025
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No results found.Lebanon is currently facing a critical food security crisis. Its food system, meanwhile, faces multiple challenges, including fragmented land, reliance on imported agricultural inputs, inefficient water use and outdated infrastructure. These issues are exacerbated by an ongoing water crisis, as well as public health concerns such as cholera and hepatitis outbreaks. Given the region’s heavy dependence on agriculture, these factors significantly heighten its vulnerability. Over 1.05 million individuals – including Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees – experiencing acute food insecurity, placing them in Phase 3 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). This number is expected to rise to 1.65 million by March 2025.In this context, the Government of Switzerland has provided funds for FAO to develop a project document, which focuses on addressing a range of challenges affecting food security in Lebanon. The project formulated aims to tackle the country’s urgent food security challenges by promoting integrated water resource management, enhancing agricultural practices and strengthening the livelihoods of vulnerable small-scale farmers and workers.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileTechnical Cooperation Programme 2019 Report
Catalysing results towards the Sustainable Development Goals
2019Also available in:
No results found.FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) is one of the mechanisms to respond to countries’ most pressing needs for technical assistance and effectively pursue the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2019 Report of the Technical Cooperation Programme introduces a new series of annual reports that provide FAO Members, governments, donors, beneficiaries and other stakeholders with evidence of the impact of the work carried out by FAO through the TCP. Prepared by the Outreach, Marketing and Reporting Unit (PSRR), in close collaboration with the TCP Coordination Unit in the Office of the Assistant Director-General (ADG-PS), the first in the series presents and assesses the achievements and catalytic role of TCP-funded projects. Based on a review of the TCP projects operationally closed during 2018 and interviews with lead technical officers, technical officers at FAO headquarters, budget holders and FAO country representatives, the report provides details on the characteristics, typical interventions and results of the programme, and features a select number of in-depth stories to highlight the tangible and lasting results of the programme’s catalytic work. -
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. -
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.