There is consensus about the role of social protection policies and programmes in poverty and food insecurity reduction. However, social assistance does not translate automatically into improved nutrition outcomes. During the event, updated evidence on the impacts of social protection on nutrition will be presented, emphasizing its effects on the diet quality...

Poverty and food insecurity persist in rural Africa, and the number of people living in poverty. Evidence shows that adequate social protection promotes inclusive and sustainable growth and increases productivity and employability. FAO and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), will convene a regional policy dialogue on strenghtening...

The event will address the linkages between social protection resilience within humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

Farmer registries can help target and deliver social protection policies and programmes to the most vulnerable forest-dependent people.

Watch our new webinar on Digital innovations in delivering social protection in rural areas This webinar presented the FAO publication on Digital innovations in delivering social protection in rural areas: Lessons for public provisioning during the post-pandemic recovery and beyond and provided an overview of the case studies of the digitalisation of...