Delivering a statement on behalf of FAO, Carla Mucavi - Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York - noted that social protection is an essential, but often lacking...

FAO is currently supporting the Government of Mali to strengthen the coherence of agricultural sector programmes and social protection interventions in line with the country's national social protection policy and...

La FAO est en train d’appuyer le Gouvernement malien à renforcer la cohérence des programmes sectoriels agricoles et des interventions de protection sociale, conformément à la politique nationale de protection...

Unconditional cash transfers paid to vulnerable populations as regular, predictable income support is now an established programmatic strategy to combat poverty and social exclusion and build resilience to shocks in...

A side event of the 159th FAO Council last 4 June, 2018, “FAO’s role in social protection: Innovation to achieve zero hunger, reduce poverty and build resilient communities” highlighted the...

Did you know? In 2015, an estimated 65 million people were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, generalised violence or other human rights violations – an increase of...

The two UN Organizations join forces to prove common perceptions on cash transfers are wrong, showing how social protection can help achieve SDG1 and SDG2. FAO and UNICEF are strengthening their...

6 July 2017, Bamako - Nearly 56 percent of the rural population in Mali lives in poverty with limited resources to invest in agricultural activities. Among those, about 3 million people...

An innovative approach to combating poverty and hunger is gaining credibility in sub-Saharan Africa and making its way into international development discourse. This involves bringing together agricultural and social protection...

The Government of Zambia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have launched a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP), which will strengthen coherence between agriculture and social protection...

Social protections for vulnerable farmers and their families need to be expanded in many countries across the world, in recognition of the vital role they play in food production. That's...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) coordinated a technical meeting to promote and build government capacity for rural poverty reduction through social protection policymaking in the...

L’étude montre les points de vue des ménages bénéficiaires sur les impacts du programme et donne des recommandations pour optimiser les résultats L’évaluation qualitative et prospective du Programme National de Bourses...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday 29 November 2016, held a consultative dialogue with Members of Rwanda’s Chamber of Deputies to create awareness and...

Yesterday, FAO and UNICEF presented their new joint publication From Evidence to Action: The Story of Cash Transfers and Impact Evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa, which provides a detailed account on how...

As a joint collaboration to linking social protection to sustainable food security and inclusive agricultural development, FAO and ILO’s International Training Centre delivered a course to nearly 100 participants, complementing...

Cash transfers have expanded dramatically in the last two decades, becoming key tools for social protection and economic empowerment in developing countries. Until now the rise of cash has been...

An innovative approach to combating poverty and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa is making its way into international development discourse. This involves bringing together agricultural and social protection interventions to support...