The Sahel is at the nexus of extreme ecological, socio-economic, and food security challenges where Green Revolution technologies have not been adopted and yields remain unchanged since the 1960s...
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Today, the highest proportion of youth lives in Africa and Asia with the majority of them in rural areas. In Africa, every year 10 to 12 million youth enter the workforce...
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New analysis published in this synthesis report show that land inequality is significantly higher than previously reported. This trend directly threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 2.5...
This action plan is based on and serves the purpose of operationalizing the FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors (Strategy) and is intended to strengthen the work of FAO and its partners...
This Reader reports about the findings of the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit (ScGroup) along with selected briefs prepared by its global partners.
These papers...
Agriculture is the largest single source of environmental degradation, responsible for over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 70% of freshwater use and 80% of land conversion...
This document presents the main objectives and issues related to each of the Action Track.
Systemic Challenges, Systemic Responses: Innovating Adaptation to Climate Change through Agroecology
There is an inextricable link between our food systems and accelerated climate change.
A growing body of evidence reveals that accelerated climate change has far-reaching impacts...
Ethiopia is first largest livestock population in Africa and tenth largest globally. Contributes approx. 12% to total GDP and over 45% to agricultural GDP. Mixed crop-livestock...
Northwest Vietnam is one of the poorest regions in the country. Cultivating cash crops on sloping land in Northwest Vietnam has resulted in soil erosion, landslides, declining soil...