Cet article évalue l’impact de l’utilisation des téléphones mobiles sur la pauvreté des ménages agricoles au Niger. En utilisant les méthodes d’estimation de l’appariement par le score de propension (PSM) et de l’ajustement de régression par pondération à probabilité inverse (IPWRA), il ressort que l’utilisation des téléphones mobiles par les...

This Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sectors (CGA-ARS) in Pakistan identifies several gaps, challenges, priorities, and opportunities related to gender equality and rural women’s empowerment. It offers an evidence-informed analysis of rural women’s experiences, challenges and opportunities in the context of sociocultural norms and gendered power dynamics...

Leaf spot disease is caused by fungi that live in the soil and on crop residues. Before sowing, mix Trichoderma or Pseudomonas powder with compost and spread it on the field. Coat your seeds with Trichoderma or Pseudomonas powder. To reduce the spread of the disease by wind, grow a...

En Afrique de l’Ouest, comme partout dans le monde, les agricultrices et agriculteurs sont les premiers à observer les effets du changement climatique dans leurs exploitations. Pour faire face aux aléas grandissants de la météo, l'intensification écologique et l’agro-écologie sont devenues des alternatives incontournables pour améliorer et rendre l’agriculture plus résiliente.  Martine...

Coffee is one of the most important smallholder cash crops in Papua New Guinea. It accounted for $156 million of export earnings, 13% of agricultural export revenues, and 1.4% of total export revenues in PNG in 2021. According to the PNG Rural Household Survey 2023, approximately 55% of sampled households in the...

Over the past decade, the forest1-related finance landscape has further grown in complexity. While public and private sources provide financial incentives in support of forested lands and forest-reliant people, financial interests simultaneously drive forest conversion and its attendant negative impacts on society and nature. In this Chapter, we examine the...

During 2021 and 2022, global food and fertilizer prices spiked due to several overlapping factors. Demand rose as the world economy emerged from the COVID-19 recession; global supply chains suffered major disruptions associated with the uneven recovery; and the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine—both key food and fertilizer...

Que ce soit au Niger, au Burkina Faso ou au Mali, les maladies non transmissibles que sont l'hypertension artérielle, l’hyperglycémie, le diabète, sont des problématiques qui ont explosé avec le changement des habitudes alimentaires en ville. Cette alimentation riche en sucre et en graisse cohabite avec une sous nutrition chronique...

The double burden of malnutrition—the simultaneous manifestation of both undernutrition and overweight and obesity—continues to be a major worldwide public health problem. Having updated data on key malnutrition outcomes is crucial for evidence-based actions to effectively address one of the primary contributors to poor health globally. In The Lancet, the NCD Risk Factor...

This interactive and practical training facilitates adult learning and aims to build capacities to apply the concepts learned in everyday life. For example, it includes interactive roleplaying games, scenarios, and guest speakers who share their experiences to model sound financial behaviors.

Demand for wood and wood products within the Asia and Pacific region, and exports of wood products from the region, are growing, particularly through rising interest in the forest-based bioeconomy. Wood supply to meet this demand needs to be sustainable, to address climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty and economic development...

Si aujourd'hui on parle d’agroécologie, c'est grâce aux savoirs et pratiques des femmes rurales dans l'agriculture vivrière. Leur refuser le droit d’accès à la terre au profit de l’agrobusiness sonne le glas de notre santé environnementale et de notre souveraineté alimentaire. Comment préserver les savoir-faire ancestraux tout en les adaptant aux...

Food security and dietary diversity, defined as providing either physical (availability) or economic (accessibility) access to food, are linked with access to and control over productive resources and is a highly-gendered phenomenon. In Nepal, labor out-migration has increased household income and may have increased people’s ability to access diverse food...

Fruit tree–based agroforestry has been promoted as an alternative farming practice in upland Northwest Vietnam to replace monocultures of staple crops. Although many studies have focused on evaluating the performance of agroforestry systems at the plot level, research on how farmers perceive and evaluate agroforestry considering whole-farm contexts is limited....

Natural ecosystems store large amounts of carbon globally, as organisms absorb carbon from the atmosphere to build large, long-lasting, or slow-decaying structures such as tree bark or root systems. An ecosystem’s carbon sequestration potential is tightly linked to its biological diversity. Yet when considering future projections, many carbon sequestration models...

Agricultural biodiversity, also known as agrobiodiversity, is crucial for ensuring food and livelihood security. It encompasses the variety and diversity of plants, animals, and microorganisms used directly or indirectly for food, including crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries. This rich biodiversity results from the co-evolution of natural processes and human activities,...

In recent decades, collaboration has become a common policy instrument in public administration, both internationally and in Sweden. Inspired by scholarly literature on collaborative governance, the aim of this study is to analyze the crucial role of public administration in the design and implementation of collaborative governance. Drawing on several...

Fertilisers are crucial components of food systems, with impacts beyond agricultural markets. This study utilises the OECD-FAO Aglink-Cosimo model to examine the intricate interplay between fertiliser markets, policies, and their repercussions on agricultural markets, food security, and environmental sustainability over the medium term. Two distinct scenario analyses reveal significant insights....

Highlights Explores the challenges of steering a largescale climate services innovation project towards greater inclusivity. Maximising customisation options for users and avoiding prescriptive interpretation enables greater flexibility of use. Responsible and inclusive approaches to climate services design are valuable even if adopted once development has commenced. CONTEXT Climate services are integral to climate change adaptation in agriculture. Inclusive...

En mai 2023, s’est tenu à Kigali, l’Événement de gestion des connaissances du FO4ACP, soutenu par le FIDA et organisé par la PAFO. Il a rassemblé plus de 250 participants, représentant 34 pays. Avec pour thème “Partager les connaissances qui nous rendent plus forts” l’événement visait à échanger les bonnes...