Project activities will focus on; a) capacity building of key players in the public sector institutions involved in food safety and plant health systems through training workshops with a focus on pest diagnosis, analysis of key food contaminants, b) developing standard operating procedures for treatment facilities and inspections, c) drafting regulations, creating awareness on SPS issues among key stakeholders. The output from these interventions will be enhanced capacity of plant protection and food safety control systems to provide public services related to plant health protection and food safety. Another intervention will be to; strengthen the food safety contact point, establish and support plant health secretariat, establish a national SPS coordinating committee and support their participation in SPS forums.

To support the Government of Mauritius through the revision of forest legislation/regulations and institutional reform in order to create a context which can be favorable to a good implementation of the national forest policy.

Contribute towards strengthen national capabilities on organic agriculture in Mauritius through proposing amendments to legislation, drafting secondary regulations, strategic development plans, developing training manuals, delivering trainings for a group of farmers, researchers, programme managers and technicians and a study tour in a certification body abroad. At the end of the project it is expected that the institutional framework and the inspection system for organic agriculture developed, organic farming techniques and measures to be sufficiently validated by a core group of farmers and an expanded program to be prepared for farmers.

To assist the African Union Commission/Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (AUC/DREA) to play its main role of leading and coordinating the implementation of Malabo declaration. To help to enhance DREA's effectiveness and leadership in CAADP support activities at REC and Member States levels. To allow FAO and DREA to implement the agreed programmes and to increase the involvement of all key stakeholders in participatory manner in the process of Malabo implementation.

Créer les bases nécessaires pour valoriser le potentiel alimentaire disponible et redonner un souffle aux personnes et aux groupes entreprenant déjà dans l?élevage ainsi que de nombreux jeunes qui veulent se lancer dans les productions animals.

Obtenir une agriculture intensive et durable avec une productivité accrue et soutenue par le développement de l?irrigation dans l'espace CEDEAO.

Faire une revue documentaire de l'état de mise en ?uvre des différents documents existants de politiques et stratégies an niveau des pays, et procéder à la formulation d?un document de projet pour l'élaboration de la Politique et stratégie régionales de de l'irrigation

Améliorer l'accès et l'utilisation de variétés adaptées du quinoa à travers l'introduction, l'évaluation et l'utilisation afin d'améliorer les moyens d?existence des petits exploitants.

To provide positive incentives to developing countries for reducing emissions from forests, and for enhancing and sustainably managing their forests.

The overall goal of this TCP intervention is to facilitate access to social protection measures, including appropriate social security schemes for rural workers and members of their families.

The ultimate goal of the process supported by the project will be a COMESA Regional Agricultural Investment Plan - RAIP for the period 2017 ? 2021. The project will provide technical assistance to COMESA in the preparation, review and finalization of their RAIP, including the preparation of implementation instruments following approval. The project will prioritize transboundary issues that will facilitate the improved implementation of NAIPs within the COMESA region. The project?s outputs are 1) A costed COMESA Regional Agricultural Investment Plan is prepared with FAO?s assistance and 2) Tools to support effective RAIP implementation are further developed with FAO?s assistance, including specifically (i) a regional financing mechanisms to support resource mobilisation for financing implementation of COMESA RAIP and (ii) a Community of Practice-Virtual Knowledge Sharing Team.

Renforcer les capacités institutionnelles en vue d?une meilleure intégration des interventions de protection aux politiques agricoles; Veiller à ce que les programmes de protection sociale contribuent à la lutte contre la faim et à la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle ; Maximiser les synergies avec les politiques agricoles; Soutenir l?élaboration de stratégies coordonnées pour le dévelopement rural.

This project helps address priority gaps by providing technical support for the establishment of a continental agribusiness platform, development of a regulatory framework for agribusiness partnerships and building capacity of the domestic private sector and agribusiness support organizations. The above will ultimately contribute to more coherent and efficiency programming, implementation and coordination of agribusiness policies and strategies across the African continent at regional and national levels as well as to creating a policy environment favorable to private sector investment in the agricultural sector.

To contribute to enhanced institutional capacity of ECOWAS in livestock development. To establish and strengthen specialized networks of experts in the livestock sub-sector and streamline the working relationships and reporting channels of the different ECOWAS units involved in implementing livestock related activities

Contribuer à la création de conditions favorables à la mise en oeuvre de la Politique Forestière de la CEDEAO et de la politique environnementale de la CEDEAO, ce qui garantira une coopération sous-régionale réussie et renforcera la gestion et l'utilisation durables des ressources forestières et fauniques en Afrique de l'Ouest.

The project aims to strengthen food and nutrition security in the Horn of Africa and Sahel regions

The TCP Project is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the AUC to provide assistance to its Member States and the Regional Economic Communities to develop sustainable strategies within the forestry sector.

The overarching goal of the TCP is to ensure that agricultural transformation and inclusive agricultural growth fully responds to the needs of women and youth farmers in ECOWAS member countries.

To contribute to enhancing evidence-based decision making on the management, planning and development of the fisheries sector in West Africa through a reliable fisheries statistical information system

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The project aims to provide programming and technical support to four resilience and humanitarian projects that will be funded by SIDA (Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Niger), particularly on gender and AAP. Depending on each country's context other thematic issues such as cash transfer, nutrition and food security, monitoring and evaluation and disaster risk reduction, will be considered.

To strengthen the resilience of populations triggered by conflict and disasters and address chronic vulnerability food insecurity in West Africa and the Sahel.

Develop sustainable and productive rice systems in Africa to increase food security and enhance sustainable development of the rice food chain among the smallholder farmers in the region.

Objectif global: Améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des populations des régions d'intervention au Mali et au Burkina Faso, affectées par les chocs climatiques récurrents, à travers le renforcement de la résilience de leurs moyens d'existence face aux aléas climatiques. Spécifiquement: i) renforcer la gouvernance en matière de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle au niveau national mais surtout au niveau décentralisé avec une approche multi acteurs et le renforcement de la redevabilité mutuelle de toutes les parties prenantes ii) Faire adopter l?approche champs écoles agro-pastoraux comme plateforme de diffusion et d?adoption d?interventions pro-résilientes et sensibles à la nutrition et au genre, iii) capitaliser diffuser des pratiques pro-résilientes et sensibles à la nutrition et au genre au Sahel et en Afrique.

Value chain development in support of sustainable intensification in Africa

Enhanced livelihoods and incomes of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the IGAD Region, through improved competitiveness of the livestock and meat trade to the Middle East and Gulf countries.

Identify specific needs of small and medium agro-enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (including processors, farmers? organisations and other relevant actors of perishable agro-food and fisheries value chains) of food packaging and solutions to address them in a sample of selected countries (Cote d?Ivoire, Mali, Gambia, Nigeria; Zambia and, if possible, Cameroun, Kenya and Tanzania)

Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security in Africa and in particular, support the delivery of the Regional Initiatives (RIs) agreed by Member countries

To contribute to the strengthening and sustainability of rural development policies by strengthening family farming in cooperating partner countries.

To reduce the threat posed by infectious diseases that impact public health, animal health, food safety and food and income security in the Horn of Africa; specifically targeting Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Reinforce the forest functions, structure and viability of forest ecosystems in the Congo Basin with special regard to faunal biodiversity and the regulations for the management of hunting

The project will build on the commonalities to strengthen intraregional collaborative approaches whilst recognizing the particularities of each country such as their economic status. The project will mainly be implemented in three countries (Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau and Seychelles) and predominantly address the main area of work on ?Promotion of efficient and climate-smart practices, strategies and policies for food production, sustainable value chain and rural development? of the Interregional Initiative on SIDS, but all six African SIDS countries will benefit through intraregional exchange and knowledge sharing activities.

Identify of trends, opportunities and constraints are identified for rice value chains, in selected CARD countries across Africa. Cross-comparative analysis of business models operating along rice value chains and their relevance for food losses, responsible investment and inclusiveness of small value chains actors. Validate and disseminate findings with Ministries of Agriculture, Trade, and Finance, private sectors representatives, and development partner organizations.

Improved coordination of partners active in food loss reduction including major partners such as Rockefeller, improve the synergies and coherence between their actions and ensure alignment to the targets of the Malabo Roadmap; Technical and supervisory support for the RF and service providers interventions for the reduction of FLW as per the Roadmap; Improved capacity of AU member countries in the design and implementation of post harvest policy, strategies and programmes; Regional fora organized in partnership with African Union to share findings from studies, learn lessons and disseminate good practices and success stories

To contribute to rural women's empowerment in order to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the agricultural sector. The project is also expected to have an impact at the household level (through more equitable distribution of incomes and gender roles within households), as well as impacts at the community level (through spillover effects). Measures that focus on processes that bring changes both at community and households levels (i.e. the Dimitra Clubs) will be essential to achieve lasting results. Furthermore, the project will strengthen the ability and commitment of beneficiary countries to design and implement agriculture-related programmes that benefit women and men equally.

support small and medium sized agricultural enterprises to improve sustainability through efficient resource management practices

improve food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa affected by tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis.

`Rural young women and men in Benin, Cameroon, Malawi and Niger have greater opportunities for entrepreneurship and enterprise development opportunities and access to decent farm and non-farm employment'

The project contributes to the overall development goal of the ECOWAP/CAADP RAIP to modernize the agricultural sector to achieve food security in the perspective of regional integration. The long-term impact will be a contribution towards the transformation of the agriculture sectors into one that has increased productivity and incomes and increased resilience to climate change; thereby contributing to reducing hunger and poverty in the target countries, and as such contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The overall objective to which the project will contribute is increased food security and incomes of small producers. The specific objective of the project is to improve the livelihoods of small producers engaged in the roots and tubers value chains in selected African ACP countries through the promotion of linkages to domestic and regional markets

Les revenus, l'alimentation et la nutrition des groupes cibles sont améliorés durablement via l'intensification, la diversification, la valorisation de la production agricole, et le renforcement des capacités des acteurs.

Contribute to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

Capacity Development and Experience Sharing for Sustainable Rice Value Chain Development in Africa through South-South Cooperation

The objective of the project is to create decent employment opportunities for the youth in six (6) West Africa Countries through sustainable aquaculture systems and cassava value chains

Governments, regional organizations and their development partners adopt policies and implement strategies that maximize the nutritional impact and sustainability of food and agriculture systems.

Main: To strengthen the risk-based food control in Sub-Saharan Africa by the mean of the Total Diet Study (TDS) as a tool to assess food chemical concentration. Specific: (i) To provide risk managers with the scientific basis needed to carry out its activities to protect human health (ii) To promote safe food production and trade at both national and international level.

The African Regional Componente directly addresses the three pillars forming the foundation of the Global Strategy: 1. Establishing a minimum set of core data that countries will disseminate on a regular basis to meet current and emerging demands; 2. Integrating agriculture into national statistical systems in order to meet the requirements of policy makers and other data users that statistical information be linked across the economic, social, and environmental domains ; 3. Fostering the sustainability of the agricultural statistical systems through governance and statistical capacity building

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This Project aims to contribute to the strengthening of SFP, in a sustainable way, in the selected African countries. More specifically, it aims to: - To share/disseminate successful experiences from Brazil, to adapt and apply them in line with country needs, aimed to strengthen school feeding in educational and food and nutrition security policies. - Develop public policy that links family agriculture to school feeding, school gardens and nutrition education in schools. - Strengthen family farming through improved technologies and encourage the establishment of producer organizations. - Develop national and local capacities in school feeding.

Exploiter ces immenses potentialités régionales pour promouvoir une agriculture productive et durable, capable d?assurer la sécurité et la souveraineté alimentaires de la région, vecteur de développement économique, de croissance des exportations et de réduction de la pauvreté en milieu rural

Contribute to sustainable improvement of competitiveness, value addition, and the viability of African cotton value chains to optimize overall impact on the income of cotton producers.