Mayors, governments and private sector leaders gathering this week for a Cities and Regions Summit have highlighted the key role of nature in their efforts to achieve reduce greenhouse gas emissions, stave off extreme heat and protect wildlife as part of efforts to slow the triple planetary crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss
Agriculture
FAO and WFP come together to boost right to food in schools
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a project to improve the diet of school-aged children, with support from the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Analysing impact of groundnut commercialisation and gender dynamics on food security
An e-dialogue was convened by the Agricultural Policy Research Programme (APRA) to analyse the dynamics of agricultural commercialisation and agrarian change across East, West and Southern Africa
Workshop held to reduce wastage of perishable agricultural produce
The development of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in Mauritius is the focus of a two-day technical workshop which is being held on on 16 and 17 February 2022
Near East and North Africa countries focus on nutrition, climate, water and gender
The 36th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC36) started with a focus on improving nutrition, building resilient rural communities, optimising water management, green recovery initiatives, as well as gender-sensitive development strategies