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How to tackle poverty with data

December 21, 2017

What is IATI? The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) was launched in 2008. It is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks ...

Environment

The importance of Plant Health

byDr. Jingyuan Xia - Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention

December 14, 2017

International Plant Protection Convention’s work for Food Security Today, new plant pests are putting in danger crops around the world, ...

Pigs in a rice paddy where they provide fertilization. - - Farmers Field School: SPFP/CMB/6701. Eighty percent of the Cambodian population is dependent on subsistence farming with rice as the main agricultural crop. The agricultural sector contributes to almost 50 percent of the GDP of the country, although agricultural productivity is low in comparison with neighboring countries in Asia. Food production remains highly vulnerable to the effects of adverse weather conditions such as flooding or droughts. Years of civil strife have taken substantial agricultural areas out of production, and a large part of the population of Cambodia is subject to temporary, seasonal or chronic food shortages and nutritional deficiencies.

The objective of the Special Programme for Food Security in Cambodia is to maximize national food self-sufficiency and to reduce the risks of disruptive variations in supply, by demonstrating and facilitating a rapid increase in agricultural productivity and food production on an economically and environmentally sustainable basis. Various techniques and technologies have been identified to increase agricultural production, depending on the potential and constraints in the seven selected pilot areas. These include water control techniques, crop intensification, improved pig and poultry production, analysis and evaluation.

Integrated pest management is one of the crop intensification technologies and farmers' field schools are set up to educate farmers' groups in the pilot areas.

Environment

Why does sustainable agriculture remain a challenge?

byDr Clayton Campanhola - FAO Strategic Programme Leader for Sustainable Agriculture

November 13, 2017

The term “sustainable agriculture” has been in use since the late 1980s, and, although interpretations vary, it is usually understood ...

SDG Series

Energizing the World Through Cooperation

byDr. Maria Michela Morese - Executive Secretary of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)

November 6, 2017

Our ordinary lives rely on reliable and affordable energy services to run easily and grow fairly. Energy systems underpin all ...

United Nations

GLOBAL HUNGER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN: Does Anyone Care?

byClaude Forthomme - Senior Editor

October 12, 2017

When the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) opened its 44th session in Rome on October 9, it wasn’t just ...

United Nations

To Feed the World in a Changing Climate, Agriculture Must Change Now

byAstrid Agostini - Senior Officer in the Sustainable Agriculture Programme at UN FAO

December 28, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, ASTRID AGOSTINI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE FAO .THIS PIECE IS PART OF ...

United Nations

Stimulating Innovation and Partnerships With Africa’s Trust Fund

byMs. Nadine Valat - FAO

December 22, 2016

The Strategic Value of Unearmarked Funds In 2013, FAO launched the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, a unique Africa-led initiative to ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with Caritas, a national NGO, and other partners on farming projects at schools in Juba. Teachers have been trained as facilitators to provide onward training to students on urban agriculture and best agronomic practices. The objective is that the students apply the practices they learned at home, diversify their diets by adding vegetables to their main meals, and sell a portion of the crops at markets so the school can reinvest in agriculture next season.

These photos show the efforts at a school in the Kator area of Juba.

Access to water for agriculture purposes has been a main challenge for schools participating in FAOÕs project. The project has therefore provided the school with water harvesting structures (1 per school) to capture rainwater as the rainy season progresses.

Philanthropy

The Strategic Value of Pooled Funds in Development

byMs. Nadine Valat - FAO

November 14, 2016

Since 2010, the FAO has been receiving unearmarked funds. The impact has been significant and the FAO is advocating for ...

10 November 2015, Ub, Serbia - Members of Tadic family working inside their newly installed greenhouse. FAO project: OSRO/SRB/401/EC - Agricultural and Food Security Emergency assistance to flood affected small-scale farmers in Serbia 2014/2015

Philanthropy

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

byEwald Rametsteiner - Programme Coordinator at UNFAO

November 8, 2016

What governance changes are needed? With the Sustainable Development Goals we now have an ambitious and comprehensive new framework for ...

Philanthropy

Drawing a Roadmap: The SDGs in Kenya

byClaude Forthomme - Senior Editor

November 7, 2016

The Way Forward for Impact Investors Review of “Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya - A Primer for ...

NGO & Charities

OPIM: Forming Sustainable Partnerships for Development

byRodrigue Vinet - Head of the Knowledge Management and Capacity Building for Action and Support

September 26, 2016

While the challenges of eradicating hunger, malnutrition and achieving food security are now high on the humanitarian and development agenda, ...

Workers pass rocks hand to hand along a line. The United Nations Mission in Haiti's Community Violence Reduction program is employing 1345 local residents in a Cash for Work program building rock walls and planting vegetation as a way of saving arable land and avoiding flooding in lower areas.
Photo Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

Philanthropy

Cash Transfers, a New Way to Provide Aid

byRodrigue Vinet - Head of the Knowledge Management and Capacity Building for Action and Support

September 12, 2016

Cash Based Programmes Strengthening the resilience of agricultural livelihoods to adverse climate events and economic shocks is a corporate priority ...

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How to tackle poverty with data

The importance of Plant Health

Why does sustainable agriculture remain a challenge?

Energizing the World Through Cooperation

GLOBAL HUNGER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN: Does Anyone Care?

To Feed the World in a Changing Climate, Agriculture Must Change Now

Stimulating Innovation and Partnerships With Africa’s Trust Fund

The Strategic Value of Pooled Funds in Development

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

Drawing a Roadmap: The SDGs in Kenya

OPIM: Forming Sustainable Partnerships for Development

Cash Transfers, a New Way to Provide Aid

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