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Food systems incorporate many actors at different intersecting levels and spaces. Young people1 constitute one of the most significant groups of these actors and contribute significantly...

Angola has a wealth of natural resources, including water, forests, wildlife and fisheries. Despite the country’s rich mineral resources – it is the second-largest oil producer...

Uganda has made enormous progress in reducing poverty, yet one in three rural people still live below the poverty line. This factsheet outlines IFAD’s...

Several governments and development practitioners view youths as critical to the strategy of enhancing food and nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods in rural Africa. Despite youths being at the centre...

Myanmar’s agrifood system has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of multiple crises—COVID 19, the military coup, economic mismanagement, global price instability, and widespread conflict—with...

With rising physical and economic scarcity of water, increasing or sustaining agricultural production while limiting or reducing consumptive water use is an urgent challenge. This article examines the case...

This paper aims to provide a theoretical and conceptual framework to distil the complex problem around linking climate adaptation, conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding, with the final goal of operationalizing it...

This guide explains the integration between fish culture and conventional crop agriculture and discusses how farmers can maximize the benefit of using these resources. The main concept...

Labor migration is a complex phenomenon, yet while much attention has been paid to understanding the drivers of migration, there is a huge knowledge and policy gap regarding...

Agroforestry and food production: Establishment of “green belt” of 15,000 hectares protective forest in the Aral Sea region (estimate). Planting of agroforestry crops such as rosehip...