This brief explores new evidence on the relationships between social protection and farmer resilience to drought-related shocks through adopting adaptive agricultural practices. The main aim is to identify challenges and opportunities to implement integrated strategies...

The livestock sector accounts for about 17 percent of agricultural value added and 4.3 percent of Ugandan GDP. Among the livestock subsectors, cattle is the most important one, as Uganda has 14.2 million cattle, of...

This document summarizes the online consultation “Core food and agricultural indicators for measuring the private sector’s contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals” held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and...

تُلخص هذه الوثيقة المشاورة المقامة على شبكة الإنترنت بعنوان "عقد الأمم المتحدة للعمل من أجل التغذية 2016-2025: الإجراءات ذات الأولوية بشأن التغذية للسنوات الخمس المقبلة" على الموقع الإلكتروني للمنتدى العالمي المعني الأمن الغذائي والتغذية التابع...

L’agriculture constitue la pierre angulaire de l’économie malienne. Elle emploie environ 80 pour cent de la population et représente plus de 35 pour cent du produit intérieur brut national. Le Mali possède un énorme potentiel...

The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme is a leading policy support initiative at FAO that works with countries in Africa to strategically prioritize, reform and implement policies on food and agriculture....

Small and medium agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) such as processors, transporters and other service providers, play an important role in achieving sustainable development objectives. For instance, they connect farmers to urban markets; make significant investments in...

In Mozambique, food security remains a key issue and the country suffers perennial food shortages, especially in the provinces of Manica,Tete, Sofala, Zambezia, Maputo and Gaza. Weaknesses in post-harvest systems, which contribute to both a...

Le rapport d’analyse politique a pour objectif de synthétiser les résultats d’analyse des indicateurs de suivi du soutien politique au secteur agricole depuis les quinze dernières années au Sénégal, à savoir les dépenses publiques allouées...

Con la apertura comercial que ha acompañado a la globalización, así como la evolución paralela de los mercados agroalimentarios, las grandes cadenas de supermercados han acumulado un gran poder dentro de la cadena de abastecimiento...