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ProjectFactsheetEmpowering African Women And Boosting their Livelihoods through Agricultural Trade - FMM/GLO/169/MUL 2024
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No results found.The African Continental Free Trade Area presents a ground-breaking opportunity to create a unified continental market, boost Africa’s share of global trade and achieve the goals of Agenda 2063, including the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The AfCFTA is expected to change Africa’s trade practices, accelerating economic growth, including that of the agriculture sector where smallholder farmers, processors and informal cross-border traders, especially women, stand to benefit from expanded market access. The AfCFTA thus has the potential to contribute significantly to eliminating poverty, creating jobs, improving food security and promoting gender equality. Many women in agribusiness in Africa are faced by challenges, including those related to working in the informal sector, poor access to market information, finance and training, and weak compliance with trade standards, which limit their opportunities to access markets, particularly for export. Supporting women to overcome these obstacles is a prerequisite for leveraging the opportunities created by the AfCFTA and achieving economic growth. To this end, the subprogramme aimed to enhance the potential competitiveness of women traders and entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector (agripreneurs), through policy advocacy, knowledge generation, capacity development and access to finance. -
ProjectFactsheetEmpowering Women Farmers in Georgia - GCP/GEO/018/SWI 2025
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No results found.Georgia’s dairy sector, especially its small-scale, home-based production, faces deep structural and regulatory challenges that limit its growth. Most small producers, primarily women, rely on outdated methods and lack adequate hygiene and food safety practices. Recent regulatory alignment with European Union standards has intensified compliance requirements, which smallholders often struggle to meet. In regions like Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Abkhazia, dairy production is further hindered by limited access to modern tools, veterinary care, and markets, as well as poor pasture management and fragmented land ownership. Women are heavily involved in household-level dairy production but are largely excluded from formal value chains and decision-making processes. Gender disparities in land rights, training, and technical support limit their productivity and income potential. In Abkhazia, these barriers are worsened by conflict-related isolation and the lack of extension services. As a result, local production remains underutilized, and imports continue to meet much of the domestic demand. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and intensified these vulnerabilities. Lockdowns and market closures disrupted supply chains, increased input and transport costs, and restricted sales, hitting rural women producers especially hard. With limited access to finance, technology, and formal markets, women in the informal dairy sector were left highly exposed and unable to adapt quickly to the shifting economic landscape. To address these challenges, this project (GCP/GEO/018/SWI) funded by the SDC and implemented by the FAO and UN Women, was launched in 2020. It aimed to strengthen the dairy sector by focusing on women’s economic empowerment and technical capacity. It used the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach to provide practical training in food safety, improved dairy practices, business skills, and climate-resilient agriculture. A dedicated COVID-19 response component supported women in adapting to crisis conditions and building long-term resilience, aligning with national strategies for rural development and gender equality. -
ProjectFactsheetPromoting Livelihoods Recovery and Resilience through Youth and Women-Led Resilient Value Chain Development and Entrepreneurship in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - TCP/STV/3803 2024
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No results found.On 9 April 2021, the La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines erupted with several explosions over a period of several weeks, affecting most of the island's population. Farmers and local communities in the critical areas (red and orange zones) were severely affected by the heavy ash fall and pyroclastic flows, particularly in the areas closest to the volcano in the northern part of the island. In addition to major losses of tools and productive assets, reports showed extensive environmental damage and losses in critical areas, where forests and farms were wiped out, along with the destruction of large areas of staple crops such as vegetables, bananas and plantains. In addition, the eruptions were followed by heavy rains that caused flooding and lahar flows in various parts of the country. As a result, the livelihoods of vulnerable populations dependent on agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry were affected. The heavy deposits of volcanic ash throughout the country highlighted the need for soil and ash analysis to determine changes in nutrient composition, organic matter content, macro and micro fauna and pathogen profile, and to assess agro-edaphic and climatic suitability for existing and alternative crops. In response to the recovery and rehabilitation needs, the government prepared a priority list of immediate, medium and long-term responses. Within the priority list, two areas were identified: i) soil analysis, to determine soil rehabilitation, management requirements and value chain suitability determination by agroecological zone; ii) building a cadre of new entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector, including youth and women, and developing resilient value chains. In this context, this TCP aimed to facilitate the recovery of livelihoods and increase the resilience of food systems through the involvement of youth and women in the development of resilient value chains and entrepreneurship, by strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct soil analysis and developing a programme to support new agricultural entrepreneurs.
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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.