The Regional Workshop "Strengthening Social Protection Systems in the Caribbean to Adapt to Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges," co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will take place on May 15 and 16, 2024, in Bridgetown, Barbados. This event...

There is consensus about the role of social protection policies and programmes in poverty and food insecurity reduction. However, social assistance does not translate automatically into improved nutrition outcomes. This dialogue aims to gather governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to discuss and exchange knowledge to inform a more coherent approach to social protection for...

Poverty and food insecurity persist in rural Africa. Evidence shows that adequate social protection promotes inclusive and sustainable growth and increases productivity and employability. FAO and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) will convene a regional policy dialogue on strengthening social protection systems to increase coverage of rural...

The event will address the linkages between social protection resilience within humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

Farmer registries can help target and deliver social protection policies and programmes to the most vulnerable forest-dependent people.