Social protection is the only guarantee of farmers’ resilience to shocks; fishermen and the most vulnerable populations

This is an excerpt of a blog post written by Garima Bhalla, FAO Economist, together with Israel Klug, FAO Programme Officer, Joy Mulema, FAO Representation Coordination in Kenya, and research...

FAO is recruiting an experienced Social Protection expert to push forward its work on inclusive climate action. The success candidate will work on areas related to climate action and natural resources...

El informe destaca la necesidad de que la protección social y la silvicultura estén alineadas para trabajar hacia objetivos comunes: reducir el riesgo y aliviar la pobreza de la población que depende de los bosques.

The aim of this publication is to examine the project “Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh” (ECOFISH-BD). This is a Payment for Ecosystem Services programme that focuses on establishing “collaborative science-based...

In rural areas, most women and girls face many challenges because of structural gender discrimination and inequality. These inequalities are kept in place by unequal power relations and discriminatory norms,...

As the quality of climate risk information and reliability of scientific forecasts improve, the imperative to act in advance of an imminent shock to protect people and their livelihoods becomes...

Sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems are critical to achieving food security and nutrition, promoting adequate livelihoods for farmers, food producers, and their communities, and ensuring environmental sustainability. The imperative...

Andrew, a 30-year-old former diver from Honduras, is now confined to a wheelchair after an incident that changed his life forever. He was once an active participant in the underwater...

La protección social da a las trabajadoras del sector pesquero más independencia y seguridad económicas.

Social protection has a key role in strengthening local food systems and in promoting inclusive rural transformation. At the 2021 Food Systems Summit, convened by the UN Secretary-General, Home-Grown School Feeding...

La protección social brinda estabilidad económica y social a los trabajadores.

Social protection is a human right, a commitment in the SDGs and it is an effective policy instrument to address the multiple crises we currently face like a changing climate,...

If financial assistance to address climate change is used more for the social protection of rural communities, it will facilitate more equitable adaptation – and ultimately strengthen climate protection. Rising temperatures...

Improving coherence between social protection and fisheries policies is a starting point to ensure that fishers’ needs are met, and vulnerabilities are accounted for. FAO recently published a framework guided...

The Government of Lebanon has launched a Farmer Registry. This registry is being used for expanding social protection coverage to farmers as well as for providing them access to agricultural...

Small-scale producers contribute the least to climate change, but they are among those that are most negatively impacted by it. Climate change is already testing the limits of what communities can...

In an increasingly complex scenario, world hunger is on the rise. This highly complex development and humanitarian situationis exacerbated by shocks that impact vulnerable rural communities where small-scale food producers...

FAO's new Social Protection for Fisheries and Aquaculture (SocPro4Fish) website is online. This site provides easy access to relevant information, resources and documents related to the SocPro4Fish project. The website...

People in poverty contribute least to climate change yet also benefit least from policies that either try to mitigate climate change or help people adapt to it. Social protection can...