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The Digital Villages Initiative (DVI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a corporate programme aiming to combat hunger, poverty and inequality by fostering digital rural...

Main messages and recommendations: • Agroecology can contribute to climate resilience (adaptation and mitigation) and is thus compatible with the objectives of climate-smart agriculture. • Agroecology can also...

Nourrir 1,5 milliard puis deux milliards d’Africains respectivement en 2030 et en 2050 est un défi que le continent a la...

The ongoing double crisis of energy and military conflict in Ukraine is significantly halting the processes that emerged in the post-Covid 19 era. In this context of instability and vulnerability, global value chains...

A few weeks ago, my colleague Francesco Rampa rightly pointed out the need to seek more structural solutions to Africa’s food insecurity, rather than...

Communities in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing the most severe droughts in decades, impacting livestock and crop production. In 2019, the EU presented plans to increase adaptation finance...

Africa’s pulse report of October 2022 discusses short-term measures combined with medium- to long-term policy actions that can strengthen African countries' capacity to build resilience...

Highlights Trade liberalization in Africa contributes towards food security with concurrent income gains. Consequent food price increases are largely mitigated by increased...

Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) remains highly dependent on agricultural and food trade for its population’s wellbeing (Bouët et al, 2021). In particular, regional trade...

Over the coming decade, Africa’s food demand will rise, making it one of world’s largest sources of additional demand. Building African farming systems’...