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Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder/ Family Farmers in Africa during and post COVID-19
Family Farming

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This webinar will share knowledge, in-depth analysis and best practices of smallholder/ family farmers, fisher folks, pastoralists, youth and women in Africa in the light of COVID-19 pandemic as well as past experiences such as EVD in West Africa, 2008 International Food Crisis When: 16 June 2020 at 9.00-10.30 am GMT/West Africa, 10.00-11.30am Central Africa, 11.00am-12.30pm Southern Africa and 12.00noon-1.30pm East Africa Where: Zoom with simultaneous interpretation in English and

Radio Soleil of Pala in Chad wins the prize for the best report at the World Biodiversity Day
Rural Communication Services

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The World Day for Biological Diversity was celebrated on May 22. Biodiversity is the basis of current and future human well-being, and its rapid decline is a threat to both nature and people. The 2019 global biodiversity assessment report by UNESCO demonstrated the role of human activities in the degradation of biodiversity, which amounts to 75% for terrestrial ecosystems. The assessment also indicated that solutions exist and that it is

Poetry to help save lives during COVID-19
Spotlight

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“Let’s not assume That we are not going to be infected Let’s prepare as though We will be affected Call 1025 And you can save lives.”   Through their poem, Jainaba and Awa are making an effort to change the way youth look at the threats from COVID-19 as they embrace the realities in The Gambia. They are among the 83 applicants who have submitted their entries in the poetry challenge initiated

Meet the 22-year-old graduate farmer
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He pursued Agricultural Technology and majored in Agronomy at the University of Development Studies, Nyankpala Campus from 2015 to 2019. Obed Sackey has always loved to go into farming even before he went to the university. His interest in farming was so high; perhaps that was why he pursued Agricultural Technology. “I made up my mind to go into farming way back in 2011 when I was very young. But

Welcome to ‘Kamkata,’ an emerging farming village
Family Farming

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The village Kamkata is found in the Center region of Cameroon. This farming community is located 160 km west of Yaoundé, the country’s capital. This village, which today has about 3,000 inhabitants, all engaged in agriculture, welcomed the pioneers at the end of the 1990s, attracted by the fertility of the soil. This locality presents an agro-ecological variety made up of forest and shrubby savannahs which favor the cultivation of

How one journalists’ association is responding to COVID-19
Rural Communication Services

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Sita Traoré Diallo is a journalist for Le Quotidien, a newspaper based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The 40-year-old is also part of Coordination of Communicators of Koudougou (CCK), an association of journalists that responds to the needs of local media and, in the face of COVID-19, is adapting to the needs of the population. The associated was created in 2010 and came out of an event based on the needs

Sharing & Learning : What we grow together counts (webinar)
Resilience and climate change

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What we grow together counts: Using a tree inventory in planted forest for business planning and development. The case of Tree Growers Association of Nyandarua (TGAN), Kenya Wednesday, 20 May 2020 (13hrs -14:30 hrs. CEST/GMT+2) Background The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), together with FAO partners, supports Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) in the development of their businesses. In so doing, it enables smallholders to engage in the business

Thousands of youth called to practice farming as profession
Family Farming

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3,520: this is the number of young men and women aged 18 to 35 that the government of Cameroon has just called to train in the business of farming operations. The announcement was published on February 27, 2020. This competitive examination is offering young people the opportunity to realize their dream in a chosen sector, not only providing a job but also creating wealth for an inclusive and sustainable development

Covid-19: Hirondelle media adapt to better inform
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As Covid-19 progresses in Africa, Fondation Hirondelle’s media and news programs are organizing to protect their staff and adapting their content to inform local populations about the pandemic. An overview, from Mali to Madagascar. Fondation Hirondelle has been working with its teams in the field since mid-March to disseminate prevention messages to all its personnel and adapt work rhythms while preserving our production capacities. Technical solutions were found and implemented

Two-way mass and individual health communications and rapid socio-epidemiological insights to support Kenya's COVID-19 response
Communication and ICTs

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Containing and stopping the new coronavirus pandemic requires equitable access to trusted, reliable information. Nonetheless, rapidly informing and empowering communities to stay healthy and safe as we combat the outbreak is only one part of the story. Any effective public health response will require an elaborate understanding of people’s perceptions around risk and preparedness to understand their concerns and refine outbreak responses to address their fears. In many parts of