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08/08/2023
Women in business are at the heart of FAO’s mandate to reduce rural poverty and achieve food security for all.  That’s why in October 2022, 50 women entrepreneurs working in the agrifood sector across Sub-Saharan Africa were chosen to participate in the first year of the FAO-IAFN Women’s Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa.  Participants were selected from an open call for expressions of interest by a panel of experts from FAO and IAFN.  CONNECT Portal will be regularly featuring the stories of the hard-working women who took part in the programme. You can read the ninth in our series of articles on these women below.    Lilian Uwintwali Lilian...
©FAO
08/08/2023
Women in business are at the heart of FAO’s mandate to reduce rural poverty and achieve food security for all.  That’s why in October 2022, 50 women entrepreneurs working in the agrifood sector across Sub-Saharan Africa were chosen to participate in the first year of the FAO-IAFN Women’s Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa.  Participants were selected from an open call for expressions of interest by a panel of experts from FAO and IAFN.  CONNECT Portal will be regularly featuring the stories of the hard-working women who took part in the programme. You can read the eighth in our series of articles on these women...
©FAO/Ranasinghe
10/07/2023
Deforestation, soil degradation and the loss of natural wetlands have put the productivity of more than a third of Sri Lanka's land area either in decline or under stress, threatening livelihoods and leading to rising poverty and falling food security. However, by adopting modern production techniques which promote sustainable land use, farmers in the country have found a way not only to increase their profitability and productivity, but also to preserve the country's cherished ecosystem.   Sri Lanka's Department of Agriculture (DoA) and Cargills Ceylon LLC worked together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to successfully implement...
©FAO
13/06/2023
The first edition of an accelerator programme for women-led SMEs aims to empower female entrepreneurs to use agrifood systems to reduce poverty and achieve Zero Hunger  While small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the food and agriculture sectors play an outsized role in guaranteeing food security, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable consumers, they are more likely to encounter difficulties in accessing finance to grow and run their businesses. This is especially true for women-owned businesses, which face greater difficulties in accessing credit and financial liquidity, and are more vulnerable to market shocks and disruptions.  On June 8, the Food and...
©2023 Maxar Technologie, Google Earth
29/05/2023
Equipped with FAO remote sensing tools, local experts are studying deforestation dynamics. The fight against deforestation in Paraguay is getting a boost from an unlikely source: cutting-edge technology and data from space, coupled with the expertise of local forest conservationists. In 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a one-week training in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, for twenty international and local experts, like Katherin Patricia Insfrán Chena. The workshop was part of the Global Remote Sensing Survey, a ground-breaking study developed by FAO in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and funded by the European...
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