Country: Lesotho

The objective of Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme (CGP) is to improve the living standards of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) so as to reduce malnutrition, improve health status, and increase school enrolment among OVC. The...

Benjamin Davis, team leader of FAO-led From Protection to Production (PtoP) project, explains Social Protection in relation to FAO's work and mandate. In particular he...

Country: Malawi

A programme run by the Government of Malawi is providing cash transfers to more than 26,000 of the country's poorest households. This video explores how social protection programmes, when combined with other rural development interventions,...

Cash transfers are regular money payments to poor households. In sub-Saharan Africa, cash transfer programmes target the poorest and most vulnerable people,...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

Country: Malawi

Cash transfer programs and agricultural production: the case of Malawi