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As the world adjusts to the changes brought by COVID-19, the Brussels Diaspora community came together to reflect on the global impact of the pandemic during the 5th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum. The event is annually launched by Food Bridge, an organization of the African Diaspora in Europe committed to promoting...

The United Nations Food Systems Summit is coming up in September and as the first of its kind has been summoned by the UN Secretary-General in order to deliver much needed progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Not only is youth empowerment a “hot topic”, so crucial to food systems...

Youth have the power to transform agri-food systems. In the lead-up to the United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS), over 80 young women and men from farmer associations, rural youth networks, youth-led organizations and agribusinesses, young policymakers and diaspora youth joined an Independent Dialogue convened by the African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) platform and titled “The...

12 July 2021, Addis Ababa - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and migration and displacement partners have stressed the need for concerted actions to mainstream migration and forced displacement considerations into national and regional policies and programmes.  The call for action came...

Rwanda – Through joint efforts, the FAO, the International Labour Organization (ILO), Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum (RYAF) and youth-led agribusiness JR Farms, organized the Fit for Finance Youth Training in Rwanda. Due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions, the training was held online between 13th and 27th May 2021. It...

This year, the World Day Against Child Labour was marked by a high-level online event organized by ILO and UNICEF, and attended by FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu. The first part focused on the new global estimates and trends on child labour. This was followed by a discussion between high-level speakers...

Diasporas are key players in sustainable development. Their engagement in development programmes and interventions took center stage during a roundtable on diaspora contribution to post COVID-19 rural recovery, organized by the Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform (ADEPT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Diaspora communities play an...

In February 2021, the ICA programme launched a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. We engaged over 360 male and female youth through an online survey and virtual focus groups that generated...

Nous interviewons aujourd'hui Gorgui FAYE, président et coordonnateur du Réseau Africain pour la Promotion de l'Entrepreneuriat Agricole (RAPEA). Gorgui, vous êtes le Président du Réseau Africain pour la Promotion de l'Entrepreneuriat Agricole (RAPEA). Quel âge avez-vous et quelle est votre principale activité au Sénégal?  J’ai 33 ans et je suis...

Beirut, 4 May 2021 - The year 2021 has been declared the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour by the United Nations General Assembly, in light of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 aiming at ending child labour in all its forms by 2025. In this context, the Food...