FAO has been using the gender-transformative approach of the Dimitra Clubs to improve rural people’s livelihoods and accelerate progress towards the socio-economic empowerment of rural women. The Dimitra Clubs are informal groups of rural women, men and young people who discuss common challenges and take collective action to overcome them.

This report summaries the assessment of 42 WH best practices across the three case study countries using Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA). Each of the selected WH techniques is already extensively applied or has potential to be applied in Uganda, Burkina Faso and/or Morocco. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project are the small-scale and family farmers.

The project supported Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) in the development of a good practices manual for agroforestry production, compiling successful experiences in water and soil management in rainfed agriculture in the face of droughts and climate change.

Belize has the lowest level field productivity and reported less than optimal quality of sugar cane. This low productivity is linked to several inter-related problems, including inadequate drainage and insufficient diseases and pest management.

The overall objective of the Project is to scale up integrated natural resources management (INRM) in drought prone and salt affected agricultural production landscapes in the Central Asian countries and Turkey.

This Working Paper describes the result of a pilot project in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on the development of gender-sensitive indicators related to the role of women in agricultural water management.

Functional soils play a key role in the supply of clean water and resilience to floods and droughts. Water infiltration through soil traps pollutants and prevents them from leaching into the groundwater. Moreover, the soil captures and stores water, making it available for absorption by crops, and thus minimizing surface evaporation and maximizing water use efficiency and productivity

The project objective is to improve sustainability of agriculture and forests land use management through diffusion and adoption of low-carbon technologies with win-win benefits in land degradation, climate change and biodiversity conservation and increase farm profitability and forest productivity.

Water investment policies must be designed appropriately and targeted to areas where water interventions have the highest potential to contribute to improved livelihoods and alleviation of rural poverty. But water plays a key role in multiple aspects of rural livelihoods. Therefore, agricultural water interventions should be accompanied by complementary interventions.

The Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector (InfRES) project has been implemented in 779 municipalities in 41 provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines). It aims to reduce poverty through the construction of basic infrastructure – farm to market roads, irrigation and potable water systems – in poor rural areas with high agricultural potential