
Expanding food and fodder production on underutilized agricultural land
05/06/2026
Cultivable land in the West Bank remains significantly underutilized with low planting density, particularly in olive orchards. By adopting intercropping practices, farming families can make more efficient use of their land by simultaneously planting cereals, animal fodder and other legumes. [...]

Lessons learned on pathways to peace in the face of climate change and insecurity in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger
23/04/2026
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, [...]

01/09/2025
The climate crisis is driving loss and damage, hunger and rising vulnerabilities – especially where it intersects with conflicts and other disasters, undermining progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Extreme weather events and slow-onset climate impacts are increasing in [...]

How the Pastoralist Livelihoods and Education Field Schools approach addresses conflict drivers and strengthens resilience in cattle camps
27/03/2024
This Learning Brief documents the main lessons drawn from the country investment implemented jointly by FAO and UNESCO and their implementing partners in South Sudan from 2019 to 2021 in the framework of the Global Network Against Food Crises Partnership [...]

A people-centred approach promoted by the United Nations Rome-based Agencies Resilience Initiative
03/01/2024
From 2017 to 2023, the United Nations Rome-based agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – implemented a joint initiative funded [...]
