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FAO and International Trade Centre renew commitment to empower women agrifood traders in African Continental Free Trade Area
Gender and youth

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

EVENT | Raising women’s voices for food security and gender equality
Gender and youth

Raising women’s voices for food security and gender equality When: March 29, 11 a.m. ET, 3 p.m. GMT Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m_42ydgqTlKp-UYm4X9otQ *This bilingual event will have live translation between English and French. On March 29, Farm Radio International will be hosting this bilingual event (French and English live translation) to explore lessons learned which can help development organizations build better projects. Too often, our right to information — to make informed decisions

International Women's Day, 8 March 2023: women, communication, ICT, agriculture.
Gender and youth

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

Tips for engaging women in your radio program
Communication and ICTs

Women play a central role in families, communities, and societies. But women and girls face struggles every day simply because of their gender. They may be limited in what resources they can access, where they can farm, if they can go to school, and what they can eat. In many places, women do not have control over the crops they grow or even their own bodies. It’s important to share

The WRF and the Forest and Farm Facility promote the catalytic role of cooperativism in empowering rural women
Gender and youth

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

Rural people in Sudan call time on water wars
Indigenous Peoples

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

Agroecology Dialogue Series
Spotlight

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

A new lease on life for Internally Displaced Persons in Mozambique
Indigenous Peoples

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

Resilience Food Stories: An agri-chef in Kenya who grows his own food
Resilience and climate change

“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 systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock (CSL)
Communication and ICTs

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