The LEAP Partnership was founded in 2012 as a result of a consultative process between FAO’s Animal Production and Health Division with three stakeholder groups (governments, private sector and civil society). The overarching goal of this initiative is to contribute to [...]

PaCFA is a voluntary global level initiative among more than 20 international organizations and sector bodies with a common concern for climate change interactions with global waters and living resources and their social and economic consequences. Members are actively involved in [...]

FAO seeks to enhance agricultural productivity to improve nutrition, raise rural living standards and contribute to global economic growth in accord with its mandate. It works with countries to promote national ownership and leadership. And it ensures that UN norms [...]

In 2012 the European Commission proposed a new strategy for the Horn of Africa - Supporting Horn of Africa Resilience (SHARE) - which aims at breaking the vicious cycle of crises in the region. In the framework of SHARE, the [...]

The Global Mechanism (GM) offers strategic advisory services to developing countries on how to increase investments in sustainable land management (SLM). Established by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the GM began its operations in October 1998. As per [...]

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of [...]