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The FAO Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU) is pleased to announce an upcoming side event during World Food Forum week titled "Launch of the Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa." This event will mark the launch of the third round of the jointly led FAO-IAFN initiative: Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa. The initiative aims to support 50 female entrepreneurs (mentees) across Africa by providing mentorship from a panel of experienced women entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector from around the world. It will contribute to building more productive, sustainable, and innovative agrifood systems, addressing social, economic, environmental, and gender...

The FAO Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU) is pleased to announce an upcoming side-event during World Food Forum week titled "Empowering the Future: Private Sector Partnerships for Youth Advancement." This event will underscore the critical role of the private sector in supporting youth-focused initiatives within the agriculture and agrifood systems. Scheduled for October 18th, from 8:30 to 9:30 AM, the event will be held at FAO Headquarters in Rome. Its primary objective is to raise awareness regarding the pressing challenges faced by youth in agriculture and agrifood systems. Furthermore, it aims to highlight how private sector engagement can effectively contribute...

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly dependent on importing and exporting commodities. Imports into SIDS are often used to complement narrow local resource bases with fuel, food, and bottled water; while exports tend to be concentrated in a limited number of agrifood commodities such as cane sugar, bananas, tropical beverages and forest- and fisheries-based products.  At the same time, SIDS are particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels, flooding, droughts and other effects of climate change that threaten the very agrifood value chains upon which these countries so heavily rely. SIDS thus need to channel their Nationally Determined Contributions and other...

The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, the President of SFNV’s Steering Committee, Marie-France Tschudin, and SFNV’s Chief Executive Officer, Christina Senn-Jakobsen, signed a Letter of Intent to create mechanisms to develop innovative solutions to address the root causes and mitigate the consequences of agrifood systems challenges that currently constrain progress. Switzerland’s thriving food ecosystem is developing a wealth of innovations to tackle some of the most pressing global food challenges. FAO and SFNV will establish a closer collaboration in the areas of innovation, healthy diets and nutrition. The new FAO-SFNV collaboration will focus on: Innovative solutions: Creating a mechanism to identify, develop, refine, and...

Wewak, Papua New Guinea – Along the picturesque banks of the Sepik River in the Angoram District of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea, lies a small community where the power of innovation is creating ripples of change. At the heart of this community stands Tina Savinio, a determined woman leading the Kandangapma Women's Business Group. Thanks to the support from the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, Tina and her group have experienced remarkable improvements in their livelihoods, nutrition, and overall well-being. The Kandangapma Women's Business Group was empowered through comprehensive training on group business management, group dynamics, financial literacy, ICT skills, Family...