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"FAO: social protection, critical component to reduce rural poverty" - Carla Mucavi, Director of FAO Liaison Office to the UN
13 February 2019
13 February 2019
Delivering a statement on behalf of FAO, Carla Mucavi - Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York - noted that social protection is an essential, but often lacking safety net in preventing rural families and other vulnerable populations including women, youth, people with disabilities and indigenous peoples from...
Strengthening the coherence between social protection and agriculture to combat food insecurity and rural poverty.
26 January 2019
26 January 2019
FAO is currently supporting the Government of Mali to strengthen the coherence of agricultural sector programmes and social protection interventions in line with the country's national social protection policy and action plan (PAN-EPS). The PAN-EPS 2016-2018 will include the implementation of actions related to the extension of social protection to...
La FAO est en train d’appuyer le Gouvernement malien à renforcer la cohérence des programmes sectoriels agricoles et des interventions de protection sociale, conformément à la politique nationale de protection sociale du pays et à son plan d’action (PAN-EPS).
Le PAN-EPS 2016-2018 prévoit la mise en œuvre d'actions liées à l'extension...
Dispelling Cash Transfer Myths in Africa
10 October 2018
10 October 2018
Unconditional cash transfers paid to vulnerable populations as regular, predictable income support is now an established programmatic strategy to combat poverty and social exclusion and build resilience to shocks in Africa. However, despite evidence which points towards the transformative impact of cash transfers, common myths hinder the development of these...
FAO and social protection: time to scale up!
11 June 2018
11 June 2018
A side event of the 159th FAO Council last 4 June, 2018, “FAO’s role in social protection: Innovation to achieve zero hunger, reduce poverty and build resilient communities” highlighted the organization’s growing engagement in the area of social protection in recent years. It also demonstrated FAO’s key role in solidifying...