The Government of Lebanon has launched a Farmer Registry. This registry is being used for expanding social protection coverage to farmers as well as for providing them access to agricultural services. "The registry will provide us with accurate knowledge of all the details in the agricultural sector, the cultivated areas, and...

Small-scale producers contribute the least to climate change, but they are among those that are most negatively impacted by it. Climate change is already testing the limits of what communities can survive, due to the rising global temperatures and extreme weather events. Too little is being done for small-scale farmers. Enabling them...

In an increasingly complex scenario, world hunger is on the rise. This highly complex development and humanitarian situationis exacerbated by shocks that impact vulnerable rural communities where small-scale food producers have not enough means to cope with hazards andare thus deprived of their livelihoods.  In response to the global food crisis,...

FAO's new Social Protection for Fisheries and Aquaculture (SocPro4Fish) website is online. This site provides easy access to relevant information, resources and documents related to the SocPro4Fish project. The website is available in English, French and Spanish.  The Social Protection for Fisheries and Aquaculture (SocPro4Fish) project advocates for the urgent...

People in poverty contribute least to climate change yet also benefit least from policies that either try to mitigate climate change or help people adapt to it. Social protection can help vulnerable populations to adopt strategies that make them more resilient. In this episode, Poverty Unpacked  is joined by Marco Knowles and Nicholas...