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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureRethinking agripreneurship: Impact of personal initiative agripreneurship training on improving the abilities of African youth to start and manage successful agribusinesses 2023
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No results found.Long-term job frustration underlines Africa’s most pressing issues such as distress migration and peace and security, making it the number one policy preoccupation for policy makers in the continent. With limited resources and unlimited problems, policy makers are forced to prioritize interventions that will achieve the biggest impact on tackling youth unemployment. In this regard, agripreneurship can turn job seekers into job creators and help young agripreneurs not to fall back into unemployment again. However, not all business training programmes are effective and not all trainees benefit. Evidence has been mixed concerning the impact of traditional business training in enabling youth to develop viable businesses, including in the agriculture sector. This policy brief presents evidence on the impact of Personal Initiative Agripreneurship training titled “Agripreneurship 101” on achieving success for youth-led agribusinesses. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBoosting the contribution of the diaspora to agribusiness in Uganda 2023
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No results found.Uganda is a country of origin and destination for many migrants. In 2020, the number of Ugandans who migrated abroad was estimated at about 782 000. While living abroad, Ugandan diaspora communities can be a potent force for Uganda’s development. They send remittances and invest in businesses. They transfer knowledge, technologies and skills, and they facilitate trade between countries of origin and destination. However, diaspora contributions to the agribusiness sector and to sustainable agriculture are less well known, and their potential remains underutilized. This brief highlights how FAO Is supporting Uganda to strengthen the enabling environment for diaspora contributions to the agribusiness sector, while also empowering diaspora agripreneurs and their networks to take part in policy processes, strengthen their businesses, and contribute to youth employment creation. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureRural youth migration, social protection and sustainable value chains in Kenya 2018
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No results found.Exploring the links between migration, agricultural and rural transformation processes is an area where FAO has a comparative advantage thanks to its strong technical expertise and close relationship with governments and relevant stakeholders. The project "Reducing distress migration through local value chain development", funded by the Italian Development Cooperation, aims to address the root causes of distress rural out-migration of youth, by creating employment and entrepreneurship opportunities along food value chains and strengthening linkages with existing social protection programmes.
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BookletCorporate general interestFAOSTYLE: English 2024The objective of having a house style is to ensure clarity and consistency across all FAO publications. Now available in HTML, this updated edition of FAOSTYLE: English covers matters such as punctuation, units, spelling and references. All FAO staff, consultants and contractors involved in writing, reviewing, editing, translating or proofreading FAO texts and information products in English should use FAOSTYLE, together with the practical guidance on processes and layout questions provided in Publishing at FAO – strategy and guidance.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileThe Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023
Avoiding and reducing losses through investment in resilience
2023Disasters are resulting in unprecedented levels of destruction across the world. These shocks and disruptions affect the functioning and sustainability of agricultural production and threaten the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on agrifood systems.Reducing the impact of disasters in agriculture requires a better understanding of the extent to which these events produce negative impacts in agriculture and necessitates an investigation into the underlying risks that make agriculture vulnerable to the effects of disasters.The FAO flagship report on ‘The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security’ provides a timely and comprehensive overview of how disasters are affecting agriculture and food security around the world.Building on previous work of the FAO on this topic, the report estimates losses caused by disasters on agricultural production over the past three decades and delves into the diverse threats and impacts affecting the crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries and aquaculture subsectors. It analyzes the complex interplay of underlying risks, such as climate change, pandemics, epidemics and armed conflicts, and how they drive disaster risk in agriculture and agrifood systems at large.The report provides examples of actions and strategies for investing in resilience and proactively addressing risks in agriculture. It demonstrates ways to mainstream disaster risk into agricultural practices and policies and calls for a deeper understanding of the context in which these solutions are implemented. -