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This paper reviews the available evidence on the role of social protection programmes in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a specific emphasis on economic inclusion for agriculture-dependent households.
Addressing negative socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through social protection in Viet Nam.
18 March 2024
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18 March 2024
In late April 2021, Viet Nam faced its fourth wave of COVID-19, with over 895 000 new cases reported. Between November and December 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented...
Social protection as a pathway to sustaining peace
15 January 2024
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15 January 2024
Work area: Social Protection and Resilience
Global crises are becoming the new normal. From climate change to the contemporary food price crisis, vulnerable populations – and especially rural people – are facing increasingly difficult odds of flourishing. Such challenges are even...
Strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
27 November 2023
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27 November 2023
Forest-dependent people require social protection because they are often poor, geographically, politically and socially marginalized, and vulnerable to a variety of risks and shocks. Forestry and social protection programmes and policies share similar objectives of...