The 2023 UN focus on World Water Day is accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. This year’s global campaign is called Be the change, and it encourages people to take action in their own lives to change how they use, consume and manage water. World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22nd to raise awareness about the importance of freshwater. Water is essential for all life
Phase II of joint programme doubles investment, expands to two new countries, and introduces component on women’s access to finance The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Trade Centre’s (ITC) SheTrades Initiative have launched Phase II of the EWAT programme: Empowering women and boosting livelihoods through agricultural trade: Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Spanning across four countries, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and
In January 2023, IOM and FAO completed the pilot phase of Sheeko Wadaag. ‘Sheeko Wadaag’ means ‘storytelling’ in Somali. It is a community radio listening program that focuses on relevant events, stories, challenges and issues shared directly through the voices of community members. The scope of this community radio project is setting up and operationalizing an integrated community feedback systems that engage beneficiary communities (IDPs and host communities) beyond project-based
Rural women are the heart of the countryside and agriculture, playing a key role in food systems, agrobiodiversity conservation, poverty eradication and achieving the SDGs. On International Women’s Day, we commemorate the achievements of women family farmers, rural women and indigenous women. Still, we must remember the challenges that remain to be addressed in order to move towards more just and equitable societies that recognise the important role of rural
The United Nations theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 is “DigitALL – Innovation and technology for gender equality”. It aims to leverage the transformative power of inclusive digitalization and innovation for rural women and girls. International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day to commemorate and uphold women’s achievements and raise awareness on a reconfirming commitment to gender equality. It also marks a call to action for accelerating gender
As a result of the project implemented in 2021 and 2022, the WRF and the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), in close collaboration with six regional agricultural organizations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, promote the central role that associations and cooperatives in the empowerment and resilience of rural women. The project identified and analyzed successful experiences to pinpoint the key elements for success, the main challenges, and the role of cooperatives
The YenKasa Africa Radio Campaign for family farmers in six African countries The YenKasa Africa Radio Initiative was a game-changer in promoting family farming in Africa. The project’s success was evident in the number of listeners reached, with over 5 million tuning in through six local radios across six African countries. Across the six African countries – Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Togo, the radio partners broadcasted in local
As the climate crisis takes hold, it’s said that the wars of the future will be over one of the most fundamental of human rights: water. In many parts of Sudan, these wars have already begun. Sudan lies in the semi-arid Sahel. Nomadic herders and their livestock have long crisscrossed these vast borderlands of the Sahara Desert. With an estimated 140 million animals, Sudan has one of the largest livestock sectors in
The Agroecology Dialogue Series is an initiative of FAO and the Biovision Foundation in support of the Coalition for food systems transformation through Agroecology (Agroecology Coalition). It is organized as part of the Food Policy Forum for Change. The series consists of three thematic dialogues that aim to identify entry points, opportunities, building blocks, innovative approaches and institutional frameworks that can support the upscale of agroecology. Between 60 and 90 participants contributed to each dialogue from various backgrounds
Agriculture is a primal sector to generate income to the growing population and a major contributor to the GDP in Africa. Africa is known as young continent due to the fact that it has the largest number of young population in the world. This young people are energetic, have a fresh mind and innovative spirit. They are ambitious and willing to take initiative to get integrated in development process. Young
