The FAO-IFAD Program development team invites stakeholders to contribute to the newly developed documents for the Food Systems Integrated Program (GEF-8) – the Theory of Change and the Draft Results Framework, and to share experiences and provide views and suggestions on these two documents. 

Fishing community leaders, a scientist and a government representative explain what 8 March means to them

To conserve the pistachio forest and put cash in the pockets of farmers in Afghanistan, a FAO-GEF project excavated trenches and terraces and distributed pistachio seeds and saplings to provide alternative livelihood options to local communities in Badghis Province

Farmer clubs were trained on aquaculture best management practices and horticultural production. “From now on, I will be harvesting a different type of fruit or crop every month. I started on a small scale because of doubts, but now I am seeing potential from the crops I have and the future is bright and scaling up is the way am going.”

Three GEF-7 projects were launched in Ankara that will focus on biodiversity conservation, sustainable forest management, ecosystem management, water conservation, and climate change mitigation in Türkiye. The projects are:

• Strengthening the conservation of biodiversity an...

The GEF-funded partnership continues to address challenges and strengthen cooperation on deep-sea fisheries and biodiversity conservation in shared marine waters.

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The ‘Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management’ Initiative has been collaborating with InsightShare over the course of 2022 to train and mentor carefully selected participants on participatory video (PV), how it is used, and what sets it apart from traditional Monitoring and Evaluation rep...

With its 2 200 ha of stone pine forests, Jezzine area in South Lebanon, is well known for pine nuts production. However, the outbreak of the Leptoglossus occidentalis seed bug during the last decade has resulted in a decrease of 80 percent in nut production all over Lebanon. This insect pest caus...

The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries is a holistic management planning framework promoted by FAO that considers the environment and human societies as interconnected elements, and that facilitates the development of fisheries management systems that are based on this vision. The GEF-funded Coastal Fisheries Initiative promotes its application.

The initiative aims to support shifts towards sustainable nature-positive production and efficient value chains for crops, commodities, livestock, and aquaculture.

This ambitious goal is part of efforts towards more sustainable tuna fishing and biodiversity conservation in the ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

Despite alarming degradation trends, clear opportunities exist to reduce pressure on landscapes and ecosystems and improve the sustainability of agri-food systems.

The Ocean Foundation (TOF) and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched a new website in support of sustainable fisheries management around the world. 

Mariama Sarr works as a seafood harvester ...

Afghanistan has been traditionally mountainous, agricultural and grassland country. The rangelands, (defined as land with the main vegetation containing pasture, herbs, shrubs, wildlife, soils, minerals, and low-growing trees), are a source of livelihood for rural communities. It provides firewoo...

Aside from supporting traditional rice varieties – such as what is grown in the rice terraces – the Dynamic Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agrobiodiversity in Traditional Agro-Ecosystems of the Philippines” (ABD Project) also promoted the cultivation and use of other crops that are native to...

Strengthening forest-related data in reporting to the Paris Agreement

Five countries will benefit from projects focusing on biodiversity and water security

King and Queen of Belgium visit FAO-GEF forestry project in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cotton and vegetable producers in Missirah, Senegal were trained and made aware of the triple rinsing of empty packaging and they committed themselves to rinsing and collecting empty packaging.