Climate Change
2022 - Anticipating Extreme Weather
MozambiqueWFP

Since 2019, WFP has been working with the Government of Mozambique to introduce anticipatory actions based on a forecast-based financing mechanism. Mozambique is improving its forecast systems to anticipate climate shocks and to prepare the Governmen...

Climate Change
Regenerative Grazing For Climate, Ecosystem, And Human Health
All CountriesCosta Ciniro., Escudero Arthur., Flintan Fiona E.,...
Livestock and Small Ruminants

The brief is about the case study of two transformative land regeneration approaches developed in Africa: agroforestry and regenerative grazing management. These two approaches come together in silvopastoral systems - livestock grazing and browsing i...

On-Farm Production (crops, livestock)
Restoring Rangelands: The Art Of Flexible Livestock Management
TunisiaICARDA
Livestock and Small Ruminants

Climate change, increased livestock population, complex land tenure systems, and land fragmentation are key factors contributing to the decline of rangelands. The dismantling of Tunisia's traditional Bedouin-led grazing system, gdel or Hima, has furt...

Food Business
From Farm To Table: African Agribusinesses Driving A Sustainable And Resilient Food Ecosystem
All CountriesSahel Consulting and African Food Changemakers
All

This Quarterly takes a farm-to-table approach to explore the ongoing work, impact, gaps, and opportunities for Africa's agribusiness sector, particularly in input provision, supply chain efficiency, use of technology, and market access. In this publi...

Mechanization
Mechanization, Digitalization, And Rural Youth-Stakeholder Perceptions On Three Mega-Topics For Agricultural Transformation In Four African Countries
All CountriesThomas Daum., Patrice Ygue Adegbola., Carine Adegb...

Mechanization, digitalization, and rural youth engagement are central to African agricultural transformation. Each of these topics is associated with debates on opportunities, risks, and appropriate policy actions, which become visible in internation...

Research and Development
Global Assessment Of Soil Pollution: Report
All CountriesFAO, UNEP

Soil pollution is invisible to the human eye, but it compromises the quality of the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe and puts human and environmental health at risk. Most contaminants originate from human activities such as ind...

Climate Change
Global Status Of Black Soils
All CountriesFAO

Black soils are carbon-rich and highly fertile soils known as the world's food basket due to the variability of crops they sustain. For decades, these fertile soils have been widely cultivated and have played a key role in global agricultural product...

Food Safety
Consumer Organizations And The Right To Adequate Food
All CountriesFAO

This publication is aimed at making the connections between the important work of consumer organizations and the realization of the right to adequate food, increasing the visibility of these organizations and highlighting their importance to food sec...

Climate Change
Scaling Up Integrated Resilience In The Sahel
All CountriesWFP

This 3-pager provides an overview of WFP’s integrated resilience-building approach across the Sahel. It summarizes the latest key achievements and outcomes and gives an overview of partnerships and coalitions needed to achieve long-term change.

Trade Facilitation and Agro-commodity Exchange
BoP Marketing And Distribution
All Countries2SCALE, Bopinc

This paper explain why 2SCALE focuses on marketing and distribution to the BoP, how it shape pilots within the program to introduce this way of working to business champions and, in turn, how they learn from testing this particular approach. One of t...

Training and Capacity Building
Gender Mainstreaming In Agribusiness Partnerships
All Countries2SCALE

Inclusive agribusinesses will play a critical role in the coming decades, not only to feed 9 billion people by 2050, but also to create job opportunities and improve livelihoods for those least integrated into economic channels. An inclusive agribusi...

Training and Capacity Building
Promoting Women Leaders In Agribusiness
All CountriesRose Nduta

Women across the globe play significant roles in agricultural value chains. They play central roles, from production to post-harvest processing - which are often key determinants of the size and quality of the final agri produce. However, women are l...