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DocumentFactsheetTraining farmers and enhancing Food Security in Swaziland - TCP/SWA/3502 2018
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No results found.Agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of Swaziland’s economy but has experienced severe decline. Its contribution to GDP has decreased gradually over the last two decades due to a number of factors, including recurring drought, chronic underinvestment and the impact of HIV and AIDS. Despite this, agriculture-based products account for around 75 percent of the country’s total export revenues. With key extension officers lacking the skills to disseminate nutrition and gender-sensitive agricultural technologies and practices, the project sought to strengthen national capacities through the establishment of Farmer Field Schools, with farmer representatives trained as facilitators in order to support on-the-ground activities using this approach. -
DocumentFactsheetRestoring fruit and vegetable production for Swaziland’s farmers - TCP/SWA/3501 2017Over the last decade, low rainfall and the persistent threat of climate change have left 21 percent of Swaziland food insecure, with almost the entire population failing to eat an adequate quantity of fruit and vegetables. Rural farmers have limited knowledge of how to maximize the productivity of their land and ensure that they meet their food and nutrition needs, while farmers urgently need to improve crop diversity if food security and dietary needs are to be addressed. Meanwhile, the value of imported crop products exceeded fivefold that of exports between 2005 and 2013. These factors made it necessary to promote climate-smart agriculture practices and contribute to building resilience and increasing farmers’ incomes from agriculture.
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ProjectFactsheetSupport to the Incorporation of Climate Smart Agriculture in Swaziland Schools and Agriculture Training Centres Programmes - TCP/SWA/3603 2020
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No results found.In recent years, Eswatini has suffered from El Niño, adevastating AIDS pandemic, economic slowdown and soaring prices of food and agricultural inputs. Despitebeing ranked as a lower middle-income country, it has experienced a stalling of economic growth, leading togreater food insecurity and poverty. Women and youth sare generally the most vulnerable population group, and there are a growing number of households headed solely by women and children, with more men seeking employment away from home and as a direct result of HIV/AIDS. The agricultural sector has been affected by erratic rainfall and climate change. Changes in weatherpatterns have had an adverse effect on food production, resulting in insufficient production for domestic consumption. Additionally, reduced access to food markets and a lack of value addition to agricultural processes has compounded concerns relating to food and income security.
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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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DocumentMagazineGRID Magazine Issue 27
IPTRID Network Magazine
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IPTRID is an international multi-donor trust fund programme of FAO, co-managed with its partner institutions. The programme is implemented by the IPTRID Secretariat, hosted in the Land and Water Development Division of FAO and drawing on a worldwide network of leading centres of excellence in the field of irrigation, drainage and water resources management. -
DocumentBulletinNon-Wood News
An information bulletin on non-wood forest products
2009Also available in:
No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge.