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Highlights: Global evidence suggests that land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to the challenges of climate change, urban expansion, structural...

This document shows how WFP’s global framework for food systems transformation is adapted to the context of the Western Africa region. This document shows how WFP’s global framework...

In the current context of climate change, focusing on gender equality in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can drive improvements in resilience, food security and nutrition. This document...

This decentralized evaluation was jointly commissioned by Ministry of Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation (MFRSC) and WFP Lesotho Country Office and covered the period 2015 to 2019. The joint...

TAPE is an innovative and holistic framework and process that can support projects (among other uses) to include an agroecological approach to ensure that transformational contextualized practices for regenerated...

The 2022 report builds upon and complements the 2021 report. The first report includes topics ranging from food systems to gender and water that are not repeated here...

This book: incorporates new data on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) compiled by authors from over 30 institutions and addresses five key questions in scientific and development communities on...

Approximately one-third of the people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region live in drought-prone areas. Meteorological drought causes substantial socio-economic hardships, decline in public...

This briefing investigates the ‘driving forces’ or ‘trends’ shaping southern African food systems. The analysis is intended to raise awareness of the potential to shape future outcomes in this complex multi-faceted...

This report presents selected achievements and lessons from the growing portfolio of small livestock investments supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The introduction summarizes IFAD’s key...