Since 2017, in line with COAG’s recommendation, the Research and Extension Unit engaged in the development of a participatory AIS assessment framework including a customizable toolbox for countries with a totally new capacity development perspective.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
TAP partner
Acronym:
FAO
Type of Organization:
International Organizations
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An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Areas of activity:
Capacity development
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Institutional
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Resources from this Organisation
Publication year
2022
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The agriculture sectors are the most vulnerable to climate change and climate variability.
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Publication year
2018
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Agrifood systems are undergoing a transformation with the aim to provide safer, more affordable, and healthier diets for all, produced in a sustainable manner while delivering just and equitable livelihoods: a key to achieving the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Publication year
2022
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In the last decade, solar energy has experienced a rapid growth, which brings both environmental and economic benefits.
Publication year
2022
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Grâce à la participation de près de 250 experts de tous les coins du monde, le colloque international sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition à l’heure des changements climatiques (ci-après “colloque”) a mis en évidence l’importance des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires dans la lutte contre
Publication year
2017
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The Fall Armyworm first landed in West Africa in 2016 and has now spread over the whole continent. It has been recently reported in Yemen and India, and is most likely to spread in South east Asia and South China.
Publication year
2018
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TECA is an FAO online platform for the exchange and sharing of agricultural technologies and practices for smallholder farmers and producers. The platform facilitates the transformation process in rural areas by making relevant and innovative technologies available to farmers in the field.
Publication year
2018
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In Asia and the Pacific, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working with member countries to leverage breakthroughs in information and communication technologies (ICT) to fight hunger, improve nutrition and counter the effects of climate change and extreme weather events that can
Publication year
2018
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The need to urgently transition food systems to net-zero, nature-positive that can nourish all people, leaving no one behind is more critical than ever.
Publication year
2022
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The Digital Innovation Strategy (DIS) of the Regional Office for Africa (RAF) of FAO has been prepared to respond to critical challenges facing inclusive and sustainable agrifood system transformation in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Publication year
2022
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The national assessment of the agricultural innovation system (AIS) in Malawi was conducted using a framework of four types of analyses: functional, structural, capacity and enabling environment analysis.
Publication year
2021
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The global impacts of the climate crisis are becoming ever clearer, and natural resources and ecosystems are being depleted. Despite some progress, hunger and poverty persist, and inequalities are deepening.
Publication year
2022
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