agriculture

Benín

Benin and IFAD to boost food and nutrition security and create jobs for rural people

Agriculture is a key sector for the economy of Benin. It accounts for 70 per cent of employment, 32.7 per cent of GDP and 75 per cent of export revenues.

Guatemala

Guatemala: Turning up the heat

Indigenous communities of Guatemala are feeling the effects of deforestation. Increased agriculture, illegal logging and fires have reduced forest cover and rising temperature

Túnez

Caring for the Planet Starts from the Ground

Globally, more than 1.3 billion people are trapped on degrading agricultural land, leading to millions of people abandoning their ancestral lands and migrating to urban areas

Tajikistan

Ploughing for profits

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, places a spotlight on the challenges farmers like Ahmadova and Kamarali  face, as well as solutions that...

Zambia

African small-scale farmers carve a giant message for world leaders in the very soil they farm

Of the world’s hungriest people, 243 million reside in Africa. Throughout the region, food insecurity has been exacerbated by violent conflicts and climate-related shocks

Cisjordania

Almonds and apricots flower on once-barren land

The programme helped Assad and his brothers to level, terrace and fence their land. The brothers then built three water-harvesting cisterns and planted more than 1,000 olive..

Why is Tía María a failure? Six key flaws

Toxic pesticides allowed in new agriculture regulations