food security
Rural enterprises and diversification into market-oriented, income generating activities are being increasingly viewed as a path to improving both livelihoods and food security. The issue is not whether to participate in the market economy but how to do so in a manner which provides for sustainable and equitable income growth and decent work. Taking many forms including cooperatives,...
Sustainable agriculture is an effective poverty reduction strategy when matched with rural development strategies to address the economic, social and political disadvantages of the poor. It can increase income and food supply at the household level and provide cheaper food, increased employment opportunities and higher wages, which contribute to broader poverty reduction.
Sustainable agriculture needs to be brought back into the development agenda! This book not only shows that sustainable agriculture works; it also outlines what should be done and how it can be done. All the agricultural practices described in this book highlight in one or the other way how sustainable agriculture contributes directly to the United Nations’ Millennium Development...
Sustainable, agriculture, rural development and poverty reduction depend on unleashing women’s contribution to household food security and income, improving access to resources and services and enhancing the benefits of policy reforms for their economic and social well-being and empowerment.
If development is to be effective, it needs to empower rural women and men equally. IFAD-supported projects and programmes address inequalities by enhancing women’s access to productive resources and increasing their participation in decision-making. Over 30 years of existence, IFAD has placed increasing importance on gender equality and women’s empowerment, both as objectives in...
Climate change threatens to make the already difficult situation of food security in the world even worse. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - based on the evaluation of many scientific studies - has made a critical assessment of the possible impacts of climate change on agriculture, livestock and fishing, particularly in the countries of the...
Poverty has many dimensions and each has its own causes and determinants that vary over time. At the conceptional level, there is now a much deeper understanding of the nature and causes of poverty, but in practice, the negative and positive factors that may tend to increase or decrease poverty often operate simultaneously. It is therefore difficult to predict whether a given package of...
This manual is based upon the premise that improving food security and people’s livelihoods is complex and calls for a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach. This paper also reflects increasing demands for FAO to collect and make accessible gender-disaggregated data and statistics for agricultural policy formulation and planning.
This package of facilitation materials, has...
Due to severe winter drought, 700,000 people in the Mid- and Far-Western Hills and Mountains are in need of immediate food assistance in addition to nearly one million people who are currently supported by WFP. The drought resulted in decreased national crop production for wheat and barley of 14.5% and 17.3% respectively; however, crop losses in many Hill and Mountain districts of the Mid- and...
Even as the most pressing challenge that is faced with regard to food security remains assuring that people have access to enough food to lead healthy and productive lives, food safety is gaining prominence as a global issue.This prominence is particularly evident in the international trade arena and is spilling over into the domestic agricultural and health arenas.
It is seen to be...
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