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The Sahel region is a place of opportunities, rich in human, natural and cultural resources. However, insecurity, climate change, the rise of violent extremism, the erosion of social cohesion and the lack...

This publication presents the results of the Resilient Food Systems programme which aims to strengthen policy dialogue and decision-making in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It reviews the transformations...

This paper is a Rapid Evidence Assessment that summarizes the role of smallholder producers and Small and Medium-sized Agrifood Enterprises (SMAE) across the five Action Tracks associated with the Food Systems...

Social Impact Statement Climate change is expected to disproportionately affect sub-Saharan Africa in the next century, posing a threat to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and deepening food insecurity...

Highlights: Climate change have a significant impact on farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) can help address this problem. This...

Climate change is profoundly affecting many activities in the agricultural sector in almost all regions of the world. To adapt to the prevailing climatic conditions has translated into a cascade of risks...

This series of technical briefs aims to provide a solid knowledge base for building or strengthening stakeholder capacities on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and applying CSA practices to five crops...

This issue of LEISA, a journal of agroecology, highlights how perspectives such as intersectional feminism and indigenous cosmologies, along with agroecology, have been transforming our economy and society...

Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across SSA with lasting adverse macroeconomic effects, especially on economic growth and poverty. Successive shocks from Russia’s war in Ukraine...

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...