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The UN General Assembly has declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) to enhance global awareness and promote collaboration around the theme. To provide guidance for related initiatives, the IYAFA Action Plan was structured around seven pillars, including social and environmental sustainability. Social protection...
New York - Latin America is an agricultural powerhouse yet has suffered a sharp rise in hunger in recent years, highlighting the need for robust actions to transform the region’s agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture...
Food and social protection are human rights. In these times of crisis, the right to food of millions is at risk. Hunger is on the rise. Extending social protection can help us get back on track to end hunger by: 1) Securing access to nutritious, safe and affordable food to...
FAO e-learning academy has just released a new series called “Social Protection in Rural Areas: building responsive systems in the context of Covid19”: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=604. These videos were developed as part of an ITC/ILO e-coaching initiative on social protection that was first implemented last year. The last edition began in March 2022. The...
Hue city, Vietnam - FAO met with representatives from the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA) and the Quang Dien District Authority to identify how to embed anticipatory action for typhoons and floods into the national social protection system. Social protection is key to managing disaster risk in a...