Q&A with representatives from  Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco

FAO hosted a regional dialogue to explore how farmer registries can support more inclusive agricultural and social protection policies.

A fisherwoman’s path to more inclusive social protection.

Socio-environmental policies that promote sustainability, support resilient livelihoods, and ensure a just transition for vulnerable rural populations are essential.

Efforts focus on improving working conditions for wage workers, securing their social and labour rights.

The event, aimed at Geneva Permanent Missions and international organizations, focused on the value of investing in social protection in conflict and food crisis settings.

Priorities include the adoption of gender transformative approaches.

FAO, ECHO, IFRC, SADC and WFP collaborate to develop a guidance note linking anticipatory action with social protection systems in Southern Africa.

Data integration and exchange helps expand social protection coverage for smallholder farmers. 

The agreement signed in Rome will see the California-based non-profit support a project to increase access to social security for fishers, focusing on the developing blue crab fishery in Tunisia.

The collaboration aims to inform the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty and COP 30.

 

In this interview, Benjamin Davis, FAO Director of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, shares his insights on why scaling up social protection programmes is crucial to supporting small-scale farmers.

This initiative aims to develop policy recommendations ensuring Indigenous Peoples access adequate social protection against climate shocks and other shocks.

FAO has collaborated with partners to develop two policy briefs to help countries incorporate social protection into climate action.

FAO workshop gathers governments and country offices to finalize the Social Protection Strategy on Inclusive Climate Action and Resilience.  

Experts discussed the historical evolution of cash transfers and their importance in ongoing social protection debates.

New UN report offers insights into how social protection strengthens climate resilience among rural populations and reduces inequalities.

FAO and UNICEF support Barbados and Grenada in linking social protection to climate commitments. 

Recommendations include expanding social protection to rural populations, prioritizing nutrition programs, digital tools and climate-smart agriculture.