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This guide provides assistance on formulating indicators to measure changes in gendered social norms in the context of food security and nutrition.

This study was conducted to develop a better understanding of the scope, challenges, and opportunities for integrating smallholder farmers’ organizations (SFOs) in IFAD-financed projects in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region.

MobileRemit Africa is a key instrument of the Platform for Remittances, Investments and Migrants’ Entrepreneurship in Africa (PRIME Africa) initiative, co-financed by the European Union and initially implemented in seven African countries along with their main remittance corridors.

With eight years remaining to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition (SDG 2), the world is moving in the wrong direction.

Moving to a process that contributes to improving rather than endangering livelihoods is the challenge that climate change adaptation and resilience-building efforts currently face.

In this review, the role of farmed animals in circular food systems in the tropics is presented in four case studies.

In this report, we highlight past trends and explore possible future trajectories of smallholder farming to predict who the farmers of the future are.

Using a food systems approach, this paper reviews existing evidence and discusses the conditions, rural population segments, and timelines needed to achieve desired outcomes.

This paper explores the role of water in Egypt’s food system and the dilemma the country faces: raise food self-sufficiency by allocating freshwater resources from the Nile to food production, or rely on food imports from water-abundant regions worldwide.

The paper finds that short- to medium-term interventions are most effective for improving the livelihoods of poor farmers, including food security and health, off-farm employment, and social assistance.

In this paper, the certification requirements and schemes of two export commodities—banana and cocoa—are discussed using food system analysis.

تطبّق الزراعة الإيكولوجية مبادئ إيكولوجية على الزراعة وتضمن الاستخدام المتجدد للموارد الطبيعية وخدمات النظام الإيكولوجي، مع معالجة الحاجة لنظم غذائية منصفة اجتماعيا يمكن للأشخاص فيها اختيار ما يأكلونه وكيفية إنتاجه.

IFAD’s strategy in Ethiopia focuses on providing smallholder farmers, pastoralists and agropastoralists with the critical assets they need to enhance productivity and resilience. These include natural resources, technology, finance, institutional capacity and access to markets.

منصة التحويلات المالية، والاستثمارات، وريادة أعمال المهاجرين في أفريقيا 

وتنظر المذكرة السياساتية في الوقت المناسب هذه في أثر جائحة كوفيد-19 على النظام الغذائي في باكستان، وتقدم توصيات بشأن الإجراءات والتعديلات السياساتية الرئيسية من أجل جعل النظم الغذائية أكثر قدرة على الصمود في وجه الصدمات في المستقبل.

This paper explores the rise of SMEs in transforming food systems—from traditional, to transitional, to modern.

Developing competitive and inclusive food value chains requires domestic macroeconomic policies to improve the agricultural sector’s business environment and create outside opportunities, and sector-specific targeted measures to promote smallholder participation in competitive value chains by reducing market access costs.

This paper explores how traditional processing of fermented foods can be scaled up while enhancing functional food properties and strengthening local value chains.

وتقدم هذه الوثيقة نظرات متعمقة في تحديات وفرص بناء شراكات بين القطاعين العام والخاص، وإمكاناتها في تحويل النظم الغذائية في الإقليم.

وتقدم مذكرة الإحاطة هذه معلومات أساسية عن أداة تقدير الفقر متعددة الأبعاد، ودراسات حالة من مشروعات في كينيا وإسواتيني.