Generating job opportunities to strengthen resilience of rural young populations
25/01/2017
In Mali, 40 percent of the population is aged between 15 and 40 and youth unemployment rates are extremely high in the rural areas which represents a clear threat to social cohesion and food security within the communities. The Food [...]
Consolider la résilience des communautés dans le contexte d’une crise complexe à travers une approche intégrée
05/12/2016
Depuis 2012 la République centrafricaine (RCA) a traversé une crise militaro-politique qui a touché la quasi-totalité de son territoire et de sa population. Le conflit a provoqué une « crise humanitaire complexe ». Aux problématiques structurelles qui caractérisent le pays [...]
Consolidating community resilience by strengthening households’ social, productive and financial capacities through an integrated approach
30/11/2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been promoting the ‘Caisses de résilience’ approach, a resilience-building initiative implemented in Uganda since 2008 through the Agro-pastoral Field School methodology. 'Caisses de résilience’ (CdR) is an integrated community-centered [...]
Generating income for men and women to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods
20/10/2016
Somaliland has the world’s fourth-lowest gross domestic product per capita, according to the World Bank, and the population is at risk of different types of climate-related shocks such as droughts and dry spells, with detrimental effects on crops and livestock. [...]
Semi intensive egg production to support the resilience of livelihoods in protracted crisis
21/09/2016
The large influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon (an estimated 1.5 million) constitutes a major challenge across all sectors. The impact on the agriculture sector is particularly worrying, as this is the main source of income and livelihoods for a [...]