Transforming food systems under a changing climate
08/10/2019
An event co-hosted by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands
Agricultural development can be slow and uneven, often not [...]
Improving crop yields to increase smallholder farmers’ incomes and boost their resilience to the impacts of climate shocks and stresses
25/09/2019
Eighty percent of the population of Kenya relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy, accounting directly for 26 percent of GDP and 60 percent of total export earnings. However, Kenyan farmers face major [...]
Approaches to working in fragile and conflict-affected contexts
24/09/2019
In 2018 FAO approved its Corporate Framework to Support Sustainable Peace in the Context of Agenda 2030, committing FAO to a more deliberate and transformative impact on sustaining peace, within the scope of its mandate. The foundational element for FAO [...]
Approaches to working in fragile and conflict-affected contexts (Facilitation guide)
24/09/2019
In 2018 FAO approved its Corporate Framework to Support Sustainable Peace in the Context of Agenda 2030, committing FAO to a more deliberate and transformative impact on sustaining peace, within the scope of its mandate. The foundational element for FAO supported interventions [...]
23/09/2019
FAO assesses that globally 41 countries, of which 31 in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food.
Conflicts are the main cause of the high levels of severe food insecurity, while adverse weather conditions have also affected [...]