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Setting up Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector for climate resilience
04/07/2024

Cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire have faced increasing climate challenges, as cocoa crops are highly sensitive to weather changes. With support from...

UN Rome-based Agencies and COP Presidencies mobilise for climate action and finance in fragile contexts ahead of COP29
26/06/2024

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the...

Joint Statement on Sustainable bioenergy for climate and development goals
20/06/2024

In consideration of the persistent debates about what role bioenergy should play in support of climate and sustainable development goals, and...

Food systems front and center of climate talks in Bonn
19/06/2024

Seeing agriculture and food security so prominent in the Bonn session is a good sign that COP29 can deliver on placing agrifood solutions at the heart...

GBEP Bioenergy Week: FAO stresses the need to ensure sustainability of bioenergy in achieving climate goals and SDGs
18/06/2024

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) 11th Bioenergy Week officially kicked off today at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

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Investing in our lands
14/06/2024

Land holds the past, present and future of humanity. Everything from nutritious food and thriving ecosystems to agricultural heritage and livelihoods...

No stone unturned: new approaches to how agriculture and land-use sectors can strengthen climate action for food security
07/06/2024

The new publication takes a fresh look at the complex interactions between different land uses, their dynamics and potential contributions to climate...

Harmoniya 4 Climate Resilience: Empowering Farmers, Villages, and Rural Communities
05/06/2024

As the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food and water security become increasingly visible, initiatives, coalitions, networks, and partnerships...

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The awakening for Cuban farms
05/06/2024

In the town of Corralillo, in the province of Villa Clara in central Cuba, Mariano Quintero Almeida works eight hours a day in the hot sun on the farm...