Results

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 fifth in our series of...

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 second in our series of...

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 second in our series of...

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 second in our series of...

The AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform aims to address AMR by bringing together voices from all countries and sectors through a One Health approach. Antimicrobials play a crucial role in preventing and treating infections and diseases in humans, animals and plants, but their overuse and misuse is the main driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a multi-faceted global challenge known as a “silent pandemic”. It is considered one of the top ten global public health threats to humanity in the 21st century. Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people die each year directly due to bacterial AMR. If no action is taken, this number...