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Good practices and resilience

Knowledge sharing and capitalization of good practices have a key role to play in building the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods. Considerable experience is being gained across sectors and ad-hoc solutions addressing shocks and crises are being found in many different contexts. A fair amount of these experiences are already being documented. However, the resilience-related knowledge gained needs to be systematically analysed, documented and shared so that development organizations and actors understand what works well and why and thus replicate and upscale identified good and promising practices in order to inform policies adequately.

Latest Good Practices

Anticipatory action for El Niño in Latin America and the Caribbean
Strengthening local capacities and partnerships to protect livelihoods
02 June 2026
Drawing on seasonal and climate forecasts, agricultural calendars, territorial risk analyses and predefined crisis timelines, FAO implemented anticipatory actions to protect food security and agricultural livelihoods. The actions targeted 31 873 households engaged primarily in subsistence agriculture and small-scale livestock [...]
Promoting peaceful transhumance in the Liptako‑Gourma region
Lessons learned on pathways to peace in the face of climate change and insecurity in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger
23 April 2026
The Liptako‑Gourma region – shared by Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger – has long relied on complementary livelihood systems such as pastoral transhumance and agriculture. Over the past decades, however, competition over land, water and pasture has sharply intensified due to population growth, [...]
Enhancing food security and sustaining livelihoods through social protection in Somalia
Learning from FAO’s long-term cash and livelihoods intervention.
30 January 2026
Somalia has faced decades of complex emergencies driven by climate shocks, conflict, disease, and political instability. Since 2016, eight consecutive agricultural seasons have been marked by droughts and floods, compounded by locust invasions and pest outbreaks, severely threatening rural livelihoods. [...]
Durable solutions for internally displaced people
Showcasing how integrated agricultural livelihoods support can enhance resilience and food security
23 October 2025
This learning brief captures key insights from the third phase of the United Nations Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia (JRP III), a multi-agency initiative in the Gedo region. Funded by Germany through KfW, the programme has supported vulnerable [...]
FAO good practices of climate action in food crisis and fragile contexts
17 October 2025
In FAO’s emergency and resilience work, climate action is understood as any activity focused on managing climate risks, hazards, shocks, or stresses, as well as addressing the impacts of climate-related events (including loss and damage). It recognizes all efforts taken [...]
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“Good”, “best” and “promising” practices

When identifying and documenting an experience, it is important to understand the different states of a practice, regarding the level of evidence and its replicability potential. And to recognize that not all experiences can be qualified as good practices.

A good practice can be defined as follows:

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A good practice is not only a practice that is good, but one that has been proven to work well and produce good results. It has been tested and validated through its various replications and is therefore recommended as a model and deserves to be shared, so that a greater number of people can adopt it.

"Best" vs "good" practices:

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The term “best practice” is often used; however, some will prefer to use “good practice” as “best practice” may imply that no further improvements are possible to the practice. It is indeed debatable whether there is a single ‘best’ approach knowing that approaches are constantly evolving and being updated.

For a practice to be considered as a “good practice”, it needs to be supported by a series of evidence obtained through data gathering and several replications. In some cases, a practice has the potential to become a “good practice” but cannot be yet qualified as one because of a lack of evidence and/or replications. In this case, it can be considered a “promising practice”.

 

A promising practice can be defined as follows:

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A promising practice has demonstrated a high degree of success in its single setting, and the possibility of replication in the same setting is guaranteed. It has generated some quantitative data showing positive outcomes over a period of time. A promising practice has the potential to become a good practice, but it doesn’t have enough research or has yet to be replicated to support wider adoption or upscaling. As such, a promising practice incorporates a process of continuous learning and improvement.