FAO supports people in need to restore food production as a life-saving strategy and strengthening local food production systems for increased agricultural productivity and availability of nutritious food, while enabling vulnerable households to better withstand multiple shocks. Interventions include the provision of the quality agricultural inputs such as climate-adapted seeds, farming tools, fertilizers, livestock feed, veterinary support, complemented by technical training on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and cash-based assistance. To improve dietary diversity and income generation, FAO supports crop diversification, small-scale livestock and poultry production, fisheries and aquaculture development and other livelihoods opportunities, nutrition-sensitive agriculture and community-based nutrition education programmes. These integrated interventions help farming, livestock-keeping, and fishing households sustain and expand their livelihoods while improving food availability, access and consumption of nutritious food.
FAO strengthens food safety by improving awareness of food hygiene, foodborne disease prevention, and healthy consumption practices, while promoting risk-based food safety management across agrifood value chains—from production and handling to storage, processing, and marketing. In Myanmar, where informal markets and street food play a central role in diets, strengthening food safety is both a public health priority and a cost-effective intervention. FAO supports the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP), and Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) among farmers and small and medium-sized agrifood enterprises to reduce contamination at source, improve food quality, and strengthen market access for safer food products. These interventions directly contribute to FAO’s Four Betters—better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life—by ensuring the availability of safe and nutritious food.
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FAO supports sustainable and inclusive agrifood value chains that generate employment and income opportunities, with a particular focus on women and youth. This is achieved by supporting agribusiness development, improving market access, and promoting value addition along the food value chain. Key interventions include skills development, entrepreneurship training, support for agribusiness start-ups, and business continuity. FAO also works to strengthen linkages between producers, processors, traders, and financial service providers. In addition, FAO also enhances the capacities of farmers’ organizations, cooperatives, women’s savings groups, and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) engaged in agrifood processing and value addition activities including drying, milling, oil extraction, food processing, contributing to improved product quality, higher incomes, and expanded market opportunities for smallholders and local entrepreneurs.
FAO supports crisis-affected and vulnerable communities in building resilient livelihoods through integrated, community-based approaches that reduce vulnerability to climate, economic, disaster, and conflict-related shocks. Key interventions include agricultural livelihood assistance, vocational skills training, and support for income-generating activities. By promoting climate-resilient crop production, livestock rearing, fisheries and aquaculture, home gardening, and small-scale agribusiness development, FAO helps enhance household income, improve food security and nutrition, and build pathways toward self-reliance.
Crucial to this long-term resilience is our focus on participatory, local processes. FAO works directly alongside community-based organizations—such as farmers’ associations, cooperatives, women’s savings and credit groups, and youth networks—to enhance their effectiveness in sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, and disaster risk management. Supporting these grassroots structures enables them to act as effective agents of change and frontline responders during crises. By ensuring the meaningful engagement of women, youth, and marginalized groups in decision-making and resource management, these efforts foster inclusive collaboration, local ownership, and trust within and between communities. FAO empowers communities to withstand shocks, recover more quickly from crises, and build pathways toward sustainable, self-reliant livelihoods.
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FAO strengthens community resilience to climate and disaster risks by integrating community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) approaches with local governance structures and agro-climate advisory services to enhance preparedness and adaptive capacities and response mechanisms. It also supports the rehabilitation of community assets and productive infrastructure through cash-for-work programme, helping to restore livelihoods while strengthening resilience at local level. In addition, FAO promotes the development and strengthening of Early Warning Systems (EWS) for climate-related hazards such as floods, cyclones, droughts, pest and disease outbreaks, and extreme weather events. These efforts enable communities to take timely anticipatory actions that reduce disaster impacts and livelihood losses. FAO further advance multisectoral strategies under the One Health approach, recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant, and environmental health in reducing risks and building long-term resilience.
Caption : A snapshot of beneficiaries safely storing their seeds before returning to their village ahead of anticipated flooding.
FAO strengthens resilient production ecosystems through integrated watershed management approach that enhances coordination between upstream and downstream communities, improve resource-use efficiency, promote sustainable land and water management, and restore degraded ecosystems. Key interventions include agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, slope stabilization, and rehabilitation of degraded lands to improve ecosystem health and productivity. FAO also supports local institutions and community-based management of land, water, and forest resources to foster long-term environmental sustainability, social cohesion, and community resilience. Through these integrated interventions, FAO contributes to both ecological restoration and sustainable livelihoods, ensuring that production systems remain productive, resilient, and environmentally sound.
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