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FAO supports a civil society forum as part the participatory process of preparing a national land policy in Chad
Spotlight

On 16 and 17 May 2023, FAO and OXFAM-Chad organized a 2-day forum for 150 civil society participants to prepare their recommendations for the national land policy under preparation in Chad. The forum brought together civil society actors from the 23 provinces of the country, including peasants and pastoralist organizations, women and youth representatives, as well as paralegal associations. The workshop was part of the participatory process of preparing the land

Seeder: The ingenious farming tool revolutionizing rice farming in Benin
Family Farming

The wonders of peasant ingenuity are often underestimated. Today, we explore the Seeder, a revolutionary tool that has transformed rice farming in Benin. The Council for Cooperation among Rice Producers in Benin (CCR-B), established in 2006, has always had the primary mission to represent the interests of Beninese rice producers and to promote their professionalization. One of their greatest achievements is undoubtedly the introduction of the Seeder in the project

Webinar 3 - How to collect, organize and analyse data and information in the learning process? This was the topic of the 3rd webinar in our series
Communication and ICTs

The third of the six webinars in the series on experience capitalization was dedicated to the first part of the implementation phase of the capitalization process: the collection, organization and analysis of data and information. It took place on 2 May and was attended by more than 200 YenKasa Africa partners. The second part of the implementation phase is documentation and sharing and will be the subject of the 4th

CFI Talks: A space for sharing experiences and knowledge on small-scale fisheries
Family Farming

The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), promotes the sharing of information, experiences, good practices, success stories and lessons learned in small-scale and artisanal coastal fisheries, to make them both more sustainable and more profitable for the communities that depend on them. This effort to raise awareness and share knowledge

Webinar 2 - How to prepare the experience capitalisation process? Find out in the second webinar of our series on capitalization.
Communication and ICTs

Since the end of March, the regional initiative YenKasa Africa has organized a series of webinars on experience capitalization. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with its OPenACP Programme -FO4ACP, co-facilitated the second webinar of this six-part series. Through this series of webinars, YenKasa Africa, a communication initiative for family farming and rural development in Africa, is strengthening

Young family farmers from five continents work together to push for implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming
Family Farming

Young people in family farming: acting today for tomorrow. In order to strengthen the implementation of the 2nd Pillar of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) on supporting youth and generational change in family farming, the World Rural Forum (WRF) is encouraging the creation of a group of young people from around the world to strengthen their capacities and facilitate access to strategic dialogue spaces on issues related to

Webinar 1 - Experience Capitalization and Knowledge Management: What is it and why is it important? The first webinar in our series on experience capitalization
Communication and ICTs

On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, YenKasa Africa regional initiative, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), held the first session of a series of webinars aimed at strengthening the capacity of organizations in knowledge management. The webinar series in French reviews the online course on “Experience capitalization for continuous learning”. This course is available free of

Experience Capitalization: Would you like to know what experience capitalization, knowledge management is?
Communication and ICTs

To learn more, register for this series of webinars on experience capitalization in French. Registration is open now! How many times have you been told “we don’t need to reinvent the wheel”? How many times have you been asked to take stock of what has been done in your organization? Do you want to know how to learn from the past, how to share and transfer knowledge? If so, this

“Women Peasant are Women: Understanding violence against rural women in Eastern and Southern Africa” publication launched in Mozambique
Gender and youth

UNAC and La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) proceeded on Friday morning, March 17, 2023, at the Brazil-Mozambique Cultural Center, in Maputo, to launch the publication “Women Peasant are Women: Understanding violence against rural women in Eastern and Southern Africa”, a document that addresses the violence that peasant women have been subjected to in the regions of Eastern and Southern Africa. The occasion gathered 93 people, mostly

Be the change and take action: 22 March 2023, World Water Day
Spotlight

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