Livelihoods are rural people’s greatest defense against hunger and malnutrition. Crises undermine rural livelihoods and erode people’s capacity to cope with the next shock. In humanitarian contexts, FAO brings wide-ranging technical expertise and operational experience to the fore to safeguard livelihoods and enable crisis-hit and at-risk people to access and start producing food as quickly as possible. Protecting livelihoods by providing emergency agricultural assistance from the onset of a crisis is crucial to save lives, while enabling people to produce food and earn an income. Even in the most complex, difficult to access contexts, food security and livelihood interventions save lives, safeguard livelihoods and contribute to strengthening resilience in the face of future crises. Even in dark times there is light.
Cette vidéo illustre les objectifs et les travaux de la Plateforme d'agriculture tropicale (TAP), une initiative du G20 soutenue par l'Union européenne pour améliorer l'efficience et l'efficacité des programmes de développement des capacités et du partage des connaissances afin de...
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have serious health and economic ramifications in Africa. This paper presents a technical position on demand and supply shocks associated with the COVID19 pandemic within the African context. We document the disruptions associated with...
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....
80 % des aliments que nous mangeons sont le fruit du dur travail des agriculteurs familiaux. Agriculteurs, Pêcheurs, artisanaux, Pasteurs, Forestiers, Agriculteurs de montagne, Peuples autochtones… Ils produisent nos aliments tout en protégeant la planète. Pour continuer à nourrir le...
En esta sección se retrata como se hace y vive la agroecología en un contexto campesino rural. Desde una comunidad en las Lomas del Escambray (prov. Villa Clara) se intenta transmitir el corazón y la energía de la agroecología en...