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This report compiles experiences and lessons shared in a Live Talks series on Risk Management for Agri-SME Finance between September and December 2020. The series of three webinars was...

Unfortunately, a healthy diet has become an unaffordable luxury for close to 1 billion Africans, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 report. Globally...

The likely effects of climate change are not fully consistent between each of Zambia’s ten provinces or the crops assessed, however, several general observations can...

According to the acute food insecurity analysis update in Zambia for the February-March 2021 projection period, an estimated 1.73 million people (25% of the analysed population) are likely...

Compounding the COVID-19 pandemic is a looming debt crisis for low- and middle-income countries where a growing debt burden threatens to crowd out social spending for children. This policy...

Around 45 million people in ten countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Across...

This knowledge product showcases FAO-developed tools, tested approaches and experiences that could be used in designing climate-smart agricultural investments, with a particular focus on the following: climate risks...

Agricultural technologies are rapidly evolving towards a new paradigm – Agriculture 4.0. Within this paradigm, digitalization, automation and artificial intelligence play a major role...

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), is an emerging crop in the world with great potential to contribute to Africa’s food and nutritional security. The increased popularity of quinoa in the last few years...

According to the acute food insecurity analysis in Zambia, it is estimated that around 1.42 million people (22% of the analysed population) were facing high levels of acute...