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
After being forced to flee his home in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Ali Ndalila was able to restart his livelihood with the help of FAO and its partners. When Ali Ndalila had to flee his home in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, he was heartbroken for many reasons. Not the least of them was abandoning the particularly bountiful harvest that followed a lucky wet season. The region is blessed
“At 45 Degrees Kitchen, we believe food is the centre of everything we do as humans, whether at home with family and friends or at a fancy restaurant. 45 Degrees Kitchen is committed to food with integrity. We understand the connection between how food is grown or raised, how it’s prepared and how it tastes. Genuine raw ingredients come from our own garden and are sourced from organic farms in
The World Rural Forum, in collaboration with FAO, gathers the capacity-building needs and priorities identified by rural women from 5 continents within the framework of the United Nations Decade for Family Farming. The World Rural Forum (WRF) carried out a participatory process with more than 100 women representatives of family farming organizations, women’s organizations, and National Committees for Family Farming (NCFF) from five continents to identify their needs and priorities for the development of empowerment and capacity-building
A national e-agriculture (or digital agriculture) strategy promotes the emergence of a common understanding of issues related to adopting digital technology for agrifood systems performance. It favours the deployment in the synergy of transformational actions. The design of these policy documents has accelerated in recent years in Africa. The first attempts started in the mid-2000s with the insertion of a chapter relating to agriculture in digital development strategies. Since the
Today we celebrate World Radio Day with the theme “Radio and Peace“. To celebrate this year’s World Radio Day, FAO in Somalia is carrying out a project called “Promoting Inclusive Action in Peacebuilding Initiative” (PIAP), which aims to directly respond to the ambitious peacebuilding and sustainable development agenda of the Federal Government of Somalia as outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP) 9 and other strategic and framework policies. This
The systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock (CSL) is a promising strategy for the sustainable intensification of agrosystems. In the face of declining land fertility, irregular rainfall and low input use, several technologies within this approach have been identified to improve producers’ income in the Sahel. Thus, the SustainSahelproject is co-conducting with farmers a network of agronomic trials associating trees and shrubs to evaluate and document their impacts on
After Senegal and Burkina Faso, the second event for disseminating innovative technologies was held in Mali from 17 to 21 October 2022. Several activities were on the programme: visits to test fields, training for drone pilots, and a farmers’ day, among others. In Mali, the plant Gliricidia Sepium is highly prized by farmers and is very effective in fertilising the soil and an excellent feed for livestock. However, not all
