Mainstreaming youth in FAO’s Work Programme
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:08:12+02:00A central principle of the 2030 Agenda is the assurance that “no one will be left behind” and the universal nature of the 2030 Agenda entails that youth should be considered across all Goals and targets.
Creating opportunities for youth entrepreneurship – African Agribusiness Youth Strategy (AAYS) launched
Michelle Tang2022-11-09T10:27:18+01:00In the face of multiple crises, COVID-19, climate change, conflicts, youth bulge, and now the war in Ukraine, which is severely impacting the food security in Africa, it is more than ever urgent to create decent employment and income
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2022
Michelle Tang2022-12-19T15:50:54+01:00Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems: Flagship FAO report addresses concerns over job losses and inequality Links The 2022 edition of The State of Food and
USAID – Land And Conflict: A Toolkit for Intervention 2.0
Michelle Tang2022-10-31T18:44:23+01:00The purpose of this toolkit is to introduce readers to the complex relationship between land and violent conflict and to provide guidance on recommended approaches and actions to address some of the root causes of conflict. This understanding can
State of Blended Finance 2022
Michelle Tang2024-03-27T16:35:25+01:00This year’s edition of the State of Blended Finance by Convergence will feature a thematic focus, for the first time, on blended finance for climate. Links
Key messages on what drives donor commitments when reshaping food systems financing in a crisis and post-crisis environment
Michelle Tang2024-03-11T15:25:51+01:00From a virtual roundtable “Reshaping Food Systems Financing in a Crisis and Post-Crisis Environment: Driving Donors’ Commitments” on 29 September, 2022. Co-organized by the GDPRD with IFAD and the European Commission, in collaboration with the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub.
IFAD – Rural people in crisis: The latest news from IFAD
Michelle Tang2022-12-08T15:36:51+01:00Rural communities across the world are up against a myriad of challenges. From Latin America, across Africa and the Middle East, all the way to the Pacific Islands – poor rural communities and small rural producers are up against
AFD – The goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 will be hard to achieve
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:35:30+01:00War, climate change, droughts, and other weather events are all making the struggle to end hunger and malnutrition even more difficult. Read this interview with Matthieu Le Grix, head of AFD’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Department, who warns
USAID – Administrator Samantha Power at the World Food Prize Borlaug International Dialogue
Michelle Tang2022-11-01T18:34:31+01:00USAID Administrator Samantha Power called for an acceleration and expansion of agricultural investment as a critical pillar of addressing current and future global food crises, and announced new USAID initiatives to spur research to improve agricultural production around the
