By Aimee Neaverson, Catherine Gould, Katie Peters This review explores how climate resilience programmes and projects can be designed, established and managed to be resilient themselves in fragile...
New tool to help local crop varieties flourish FAO publishes Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties/Landraces 14 November 2019, Rome - The Food and...
In mid-November, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted a summit in Nairobi, Kenya to rally the political will and financial commitments urgently needed to implement the goals of the 1994...
Current Situation There are more than 11 million people now experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity (IPC Phases 3 and 4) in nine Southern African countries1 due to deepening...
In the News: UN agencies expand LPG distribution among host community (Dhaka Tribune) “Three agencies of the United Nations—the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization...
FAO joint projects worth $161 million to support carbon sequestration and small scale farmers'resilience 13 November, Songdo, Republic of Korea - The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today...
13 November 2019, New Delhi, India – The Government of India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development today with the kick-off of a US$43 million project...
When farmers and business owners in Kenya see rain clouds, they see income potential. When they don’t see rain clouds, they see insecurity and loss. These days, the rain clouds are rare. The loss is...
By Carl Söderbergh, Director of Policy and Communications at Minority Rights Group International How to describe an absence? That was the question that came to mind when, together with my MRG Africa...
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and European Investment Bank to step up cooperation on microfinance in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and in the fight against climate change New initiative, the...