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Women’s economic empowerment is essential in promoting equality between women and men and is a precondition for sustainable development. To promote economic empowerment of rural women through the support of women entrepreneurship, it is crucial that women are informed about property rights, in particular in relation to agriculture businesses. This collection of success stories…

This publication introduces SLM and its principles and presents how good SLM practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina were documented, evaluated, selected and scaled through participatory land use planning processes. High demand for agricultural products and raw materials produced on land is under adverse social and economic conditions and a lack of adequate investment. This…

COVID-19 has infected millions of people all over the world, challenging public health systems and negatively impacting economic growth. The global health crisis and economic recession will have long-term socio-economic consequences around the world. We need to learn from this pandemic, to better understand the root causes of zoonotic diseases, pre-vent future outbreaks and support a green…

the Compendium of 15 Good Practices on Gender Transformative Approaches, by Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, FAO, Guoqi Wu, Associate Vice-President, IFAD and Valerie Guarnieri, Assistant Executive Director, WFP. The Compendium was prepared in the framework of the European Union-funded Rome-based Agencies Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition…

2021 begins with renewed hope. With vaccines to stem a deadly pandemic. With an unprecedented global effort to repair the economic damage. And with renewed faith in science and the power of collective action to find solutions to global problems. We need to hold fast to this spirit of collaboration as we confront an existential threat even bigger than Covid-19: climate change. In 2020…

There has been considerable attention on the conventional climate mitigation and adaptation debate in Africa, including the prominent efforts of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change in global climate forums. However, there is little understanding of how the African Union (AU) is discussing and responding to the security implications of climate change. A background…