Summaries of consultations
Matching grant programmes: An effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?
This document summarizes the online consultation “Matching grant programmes: An effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?” held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 18 February to 15 May 2022. This consultation was...
Webinars and workshops
Designing public programmes to promote investment of family remittances in the development of small and medium agribusiness: the experience of the PARE 1+1 Programme in Moldova
Based on the good practices and lessons learned from PARE 1+1, this webinar focuses on developing public programmes – from design to monitoring and evaluation – to channel remittances into sustainable investment of small and medium-sized agribusinesses.
Consultation
Matching grant programmes: an effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?
The results of this consultation will feed into FAO models for supporting countries in designing and implementing better policies for harnessing the development potential of remittances in rural areas.
Reports and briefs
Young pastoralists in towns and cities: supporting the economic and social integration of young pastoralists – Chad and Burkina Faso
In an international context characterized by migration and security agendas, normative discourses about young people and pastoralism in the Sahel tend to link violent conflicts to resource degradation and climate change. Empirically grounded, to understand the processes of change and the drivers of...
WEBINAR - The impact of COVID-19 on seasonal and circular migration
The border restrictions and lockdown measures, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected seasonal and circular migration, as well as food security. Seasonal migration is the process when people migrate for employment, based on seasonality, and for only part of the year, following the agricultural seasonal calendar. Circular migration happens when an individual moves repeatedly between countries or areas, be it temporary or long-term.
As the pandemic’s consequences slowed down the harvest in some parts of the world, many seasonal workers remained without livelihoods, and there were constraints on transporting food to markets.
To this end, FAO is organizing a webinar dedicated to the issues of seasonal and circular migration. The virtual event, part of a series of regional COVID-19 webinars, will focus on practical solutions that aim to mitigate COVID-19 impacts and associated challenges, and provide a platform for sharing information on seasonal and circular migration.
Join the discussion on Wednesday, 30 September 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CEST
Please register to follow the virtual event through the Zoom conferencing platform, simultaneous interpretation in Russian is provided.
The webcast will be streamed live on YouTube in English.
For more information click here.
Summaries of consultations
Food security and nutrition policy dialogues in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia 2016–2019 - A retrospective
This publication is a compendium of the main outcomes of the online stakeholder dialogue organized by the project “ Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the...
Webinars and workshops
Migration, remittances and matching grants
This webinar looked into the role that migration and the flow of remittances can have on the food security and nutrition situation in both countries of origin and those hosting migrants.
Summaries of consultations
Addressing the challenges and realizing the potential benefits of migration to improve nutrition and food security in the Europe and Central Asia region
This document summarizes the online consultation Addressing the challenges and realizing the potential benefits of migration to better nutrition in the Europe and Central Asia region, which was held on the FAO Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia (FSN Forum in ECA) from 25...
Webinars and workshops
Webinar series on food systems, nutrition, social protection and migration
We are delighted to invite you to an upcoming webinar series on food systems, nutrition, social protection and migration organized in collaboration with the FAO Project Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia, funded by the Russian Federation.
Consultation
Addressing the challenges and realizing the potential benefits of migration to improve nutrition and food security in the Europe and Central Asia region
External and internal migration flows can have a significant impact on poverty, food security, nutrition and the development of rural areas due to their demographic, economic and societal implications.
We invite you to share your views and experiences on how migration and the remittance flow it generates can influence food security, nutrition and rural development.