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CSOs speak of policy, peace, post-harvest loss in statement to FAO Africa Regional Conference
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CSO STATEMENT TO THE 31th FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA Honourable Chairperson, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates and Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen, We, the 53 representatives of small and medium-scale farmers, rural women and youth, fisherfolk, agricultural workers, livestock keepers, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, cooperatives, consumers, and NGOs, representing national, regional and international CSOs coming from 22 countries met in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 25th to 27th of February 2020 for the Civil Society

Webinar: Youth in Extension and Advisory Services: Insights from Guatemala, Niger, and Rwanda
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By 2050, the global population of youth (ages 15-24 as defined by the UN) is projected to rise to 1.8 billion, with 35 percent estimated to live in Africa.  This presents a challenge of creating economic opportunities for this growing segment of the population. Furthermore, the growing global demand for food and nutrition also presents a challenge, with some estimates citing a need to increase food availability by 70-100 percent. 

Launch of the UN’s Decade of Family Farming to unleash family farmers’ full potential
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The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 aims to shed new light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world and highlights more than ever before the important role they play in eradicating hunger and shaping our future of food. Family farming The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched the United Nations’ Decade of Family Farming

The Success of Implementing a Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Tanzania
Gender and youth

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Tanzanians who participated in the System Rice Intensification training shared their delightful stories of how implementing a new rice growing system improved their lives and wellbeing. These interesting experiences can be a motivation to others. Tanzania implemented a bottom-up approach resulting in a more inclusive initiative, which finally led to achieving a successful outcome. Tanzania is one of the participating countries in the “Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in

FAO uses radio and Farmer Field School approach to support farmers facing the Fall armyworm
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The Fall armyworm is a caterpillar, a member of the Lepidopteran family, that feeds in large numbers on a wide variety of plant species, but its favourite food is maize. This caterpillar is native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the America, but since 2016, it has been spotted across the African continent, munching on maize crops. Farmers were caught unaware – unsure of how to deal with this new

Nakolo village women's group excels in shea butter production
Producers' Organizations

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Shea production is a growing sector with its produce (shea butter) having great benefit to health, skin and hair. Shea butter is an extract from the nuts of the Karite tree fruits. This tree grows majorly in Africa and has been used for various health and body remedies for years. It is produced by crushing the nuts through a machine. These crushed nuts are further put out under the sun

The Bangangté Local Council prioritizes women’s empowerment
Gender and youth

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The 23rd edition of the World Rural Women’s Day celebrated under the theme ‘Empowering rural women through the development of effective partnerships’ has given the Bangangté Local Council the opportunity to revitalize local governance approaches to better align rural women to its empowerment mission. For quite some time now, this Local Council in the West region of Cameroon, which covers a population of about 215 000 inhabitants, has realized the need

The Ghana School Feeding Programme congratulates farmers for their contribution in the success of the programme
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The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) congratulates all the farmers who received various awards in the 2018 National Best Farmer awards celebration for their enormous contribution towards the success and sustainability of the school feeding programme. James Obeng Boateng, a 60-year-old farmer from the Nkoranza South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, was crowned the National Best Farmer for 2018 and was rewarded with a cheque for GHS 480,000 in

The Umzimvubu Local Municipality in South Africa promotes farmers’ networks at Royal Show
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The Agricultural Royal show is hosted as an annual event where agricultural products and tourism are promoted. The Agricultural Royal show took place from  25th May to 03th June 2018 at the Pietermaritzburg Royal show grounds. The Umzimvubu Local Farmers and Small Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) were given opportunity to display and market their products at this show that aims to : market the Umzimvubu Local Municipality Agro- tourism and

A communication platform to boost production and sale of farm produce
Communication and ICTs

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Farmers’ Corner Community is all about developing an agricultural information-driven community platform for all players in agribusiness space within Nigeria and other African countries where there will be an easy and seamless exchange of ideas, solutions to problems, research reports, updates on new seeds and cultivars varieties, policies, procedures, compliance and others. Our community platform on https://farmerscornerng.com was developed to fill the wide communication gap between all players (governments, researchers,