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As farmers, businesswomen, mothers, innovators, workers, and educators, women are critical actors in Africa’s agrifood systems, making up almost two-thirds of the continent’s agrifood systems workforce...

Rwanda has achieved perfect scores in CAADP Biennial Reviews and outperformed the African and global average on OECD's 2023 Social Institutions & Gender Index. Women...

Zimbabwe is responsible for just 0.07 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and yet it is among the world’s most vulnerable countries. The combination of a high vulnerability...

Governments and other food system actors from the private sector, civil society, research and education institutions are being called upon to work together to enhance the sustainability...

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...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation s (FAO), IFAD and the World Food Programmme are leveraging South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) to support national Home-Grown...

Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems. A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre...

AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES HEAVILY TO THE GDP OF MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND IT EMPLOYS MORE THAN HALF OF THE RURAL POPULATION ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Despite the positive effect of agriculture across...

Cassava is an important staple food crop in both Rwanda and Burundi. It ranks first in Burundi followed by banana and sweet potato, and third in Rwanda after banana...

The project InnovAfrica tests, integrates, and disseminates potential sustainable agriculture intensification systems suitable to smallholders, institutional approaches and extension and advisory services. InnovAfrica has developed...