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This first ever FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 report presents a summary of the main priorities, developments and results achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Africa region in 2021. FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 is organized according to the four betters identified in FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022–2031. The framework seeks to support the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. This report shows real progress is being made in Africa. However, there is still much work to do. In 2022, FAO commits to continuing to work with our partners to support countries towards achieving better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.
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L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) et la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA) ont mené ensemble une initiative majeure de collecte et d'analyse de données sur l'utilisation des terres entre 2018 et 2020. Avec le soutien de l'Agence panafricaine de la Grande Muraille Verte (GMV), de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe (SADC) et de 30 pays africains, la FAO et la CUA ont coordonné cette opération de collecte de données à une échelle inédite dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de l'environnement et de l'utilisation des terres. L'initiative Africa Open D.E.A.L (Data for Environment, Agriculture and Land) fait de l'Afrique le premier continent à achever la collecte de données numériques précises, complètes et harmonisées sur l'utilisation et les changements d'affectation des terres.
Elle fournit un instantané détaillé du continent, saisi grâce à plus de 300 000 points d'échantillonnage collectés par 350 opérateurs en deux ans.
Les analystes ont...
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The Digital Innovation Strategy (DIS) of the Regional Office for Africa (RAF) of FAO has been prepared to respond to critical challenges facing inclusive and sustainable agrifood system transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. It is enshrined in the new Strategic framework 2022–2030 that aims to accelerate the "transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind".
A stronger infusion of digital technologies across operations and programmes of FAO RAF is vital for the region to successfully implement the Africa Regional Initiatives, RAF's Programmes Priority Areas (PPA) and support countries to achieve the AU Malabo Commitments and SDGs.
The Strategy evolves around three strategic pillars which seek to:
Improve use of quality data for country planning (Insight).
Develop internal digital agriculture capacity to effectively support food systems transformation (Interact).
Support inclusive national and regional digital agriculture ecosystems (Impact).
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FAO has launched the corporate programme with the goal of converting globally at least 1 000 rural localities into digital village hubs in which a variety of ICT-based services will be offered. The Digital Villages Initiatives (DVI) is an integrated development vision that enshrines digitalisation at the core of rural transformation and prosperity, addressing farm and off-farm socio-economic elements. A pilot project has been launched in Africa. The brochure presents background information on its implementation and insights on initial activities.
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There are 52 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the world. These boast of rich biodiversity landscapes, including a large variety of endemic species and indigenous knowledge that can make them the repository of our planetary ecosystem (UNEP, 2014). Nevertheless, the SIDS are identified as being one of the negatively impacted areas of climate change in the world, with huge implications for biodiversity loss and survival.
There is a general consensus that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from small islands are negligible in comparison to global emissions, but the effects of climate change are devastating as a consequence of the sea level rise associated with global warming (Nurse et al., 2014). Long-term risks projected for small islands include increase in coastal flooding, freshwater stress and risks across marine ecosystems. Other threats to the SIDS include more frequent strong winds and cyclones, sea water intrusion into aquifers, and freshwater scarcity (Kelman and West,...
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