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ProjectProgramme / project reportStrengthening the Youth's Participation in Agriculture Towards Achieving Food and Nutrition - TCP/PHI/3905 2025
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No results found.In the Philippines, agriculture is one of the sectors in which youth has a vital role to perform in ensuring that Sustainable Development Goal ( 2 (“End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”) is achieved However, the ageing population of farmers in the country has been a concern of the government’s In particular, the Department of Agriculture ( has sounded the alarm that the country may suffer from a “ shortage of farmers in just 12 years due to declining employment in the agriculture sector, worsened by aging farmers Based on Philippine Statistics Authority ( data, the number of employed Filipinos in the agriculture sector sank to a 24 year low in 2018 at 9 998 million, the lowest since 1995 In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( a publication report of the PSA indicated BARMM as one of the regions that increased in the number of workers employed in the agriculture sector with 697 000 persons However, on the contrary, the same publication reported that BARMM exhibited the biggest decreasing proportion of agricultural employment to the region’s total employment, at 57 8 percent in 2019 The lack of opportunities and decent jobs in the rural areas compel the youth to migrate to cities, further threatening the carrying capacity and food security thresholds of urban centres.In this context, through several consultations conducted by FAO Philippines in some areas in BARMM, the lack of knowledge on the concepts of food security, nutrition and agriculture technologies have been identified as the areas where youth do not have much experience. In addition, in most agriculture universities in the country the introduction of modern technologies, and opportunities for agribusiness or entrepreneurship are very limited. These technical gaps needed to be addressed to encourage youth's interest in agriculture. Against this background, the project aimed to strengthen capacities among rural youth groups for sustained contribution to food systems and to ensure food security and nutrition in the region, through improved access to relevant educational and training opportunities. -
ProjectFactsheetBuilding Resilience and Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security for Smallholder Farmers in the Syrian Arab Republic - GCP/SYR/023/EC 2023
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No results found.The impact of the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic has placed even greater pressure on the country’s already fragile agriculture sector. The combination of droughts, a hasty reform and liberalization process, as well as global food price hikes, have resulted in an increase in the number of inhabitants living in a state of food insecurity, in particular in the northeastern part of the country, and led to an exodus of impoverished and resource-poor farmers and pastoralists to cities and urban areas, a factor now understood to have contributed to the ongoing crisis. The increased demand resulting from the ongoing crisis has negatively affected the country’s overall agricultural production and productivity, food security and socio-economic stability. There is therefore an urgent need to strengthen sustainable management of natural resources (water, land and soil) to ensure sustainable food production for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. In this context, the objective of the FAO Smallholder Support Programme(SSP) was for local-level intervention to empower, strengthen the capacities and build the resilience of smallholder farmers, helping them to become self-reliant within the country’s agriculture sector. -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthen the Technical Capacity of Young Professionals to Support the Coordination and Implementation of Projects - TCP/SLC/3702 2021
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No results found.Caribbean countries are faced by many challenges with regard to food and nutrition security, including high levels of overweight and obesity, a significant incidence of NCDs, vulnerability to the effects of climate change and natural hazards, and environmental degradation. In response to these challenges, ministers of agriculture at the 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean requested FAO assistance to strengthen CARICOM and OECS in terms of the region’s food and nutrition security policies. REOs such as CARICOM Secretariat and the OECS Commission play an important role in articulating and implementing the region’s agriculture and food and nutrition policies, as well as in coordinating the work of development partners in the sector. The current project sought to respond to this request by developing the capacity of young professionals at the OECS and CARICOM Secretariats to assist CARICOM and OECS member states to coordinate the implementation of regional and national food and nutrition security policies. The recruitment of young professionals was intended to build capacity and to give young people first-hand knowledge of the priority issues, as well as exposing them to the approaches and strategies used to address the above-mentioned challenges and providing them with an opportunity to inject new ideas and thinking into the sector. The project aimed to build competencies in areas such as networking, integrative thinking, leadership and collaboration. The training and exposure provided would also be a means of planning for future generations of young professionals who wish to contribute to the development of CARICOM.
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2022The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals, the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. It presents how these and other equally important United Nations events, such as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), are being integrated and supported through Blue Transformation, a priority area of FAO’s new Strategic Framework 2022–2031 designed to accelerate achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in food and agriculture. The concept of Blue Transformation emerged from the Thirty-fourth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in February 2021, and in particular the Declaration for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, which was negotiated and endorsed by all FAO Members. The Declaration calls for support for “an evolving and positive vision for fisheries and aquaculture in the twenty first century, where the sector is fully recognized for its contribution to fighting poverty, hunger and malnutrition.” In this context, Part 1 of this edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture reviews the world status of fisheries and aquaculture, while Parts 2 and 3 are devoted to Blue Transformation and its pillars on intensifying and expanding aquaculture, improving fisheries management and innovating fisheries and aquaculture value chains. Blue Transformation emphasizes the need for forward-looking and bold actions to be launched or accelerated in coming years to achieve the objectives of the Declaration and in support of the 2030 Agenda. Part 4 covers current and high-impact emerging issues – COVID-19, climate change and gender equality – that require thorough consideration for transformative steps and preparedness to secure sustainable, efficient and equitable fisheries and aquaculture. -
PresentationPresentationManaged Access: A Rights-Based Approach to Managing Small Scale Fisheries in Belize
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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.