Rural transformation

Achieving food and nutrition security in fragile contexts requires transitioning from short-term humanitarian aid to long-term resilience-building strategies.

Presented by Julius Ecuru at the workshop "Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge based Bio-economy: How can Sweden assist?" organised by the SIANI Bio-economy Expert Group on 3 December 2014. 

Presented by Julius Ecuru at the workshop "Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge based Bio-economy: How can Sweden assist?" organised by the SIANI Bio-economy Expert Group on 3 December 2014. 

Aslihan Arslan, Senior Research Economist, Research and Impact Assessment Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), discussed the recent report on 'creating opportunities...

This policy brief discusses socio-economic transformations in the drylands of West Pokot, Kenya. It focuses on how land tenure is affecting marginalized groups in society and how climate change is...

FAO, in collaboration with RUAF engages with national and local governments and local food actors to build resilient city region food systems (CRFS). It works on strengthening rural-urban...

Two new cookbooks integrate traditional African culinary knowledge of cooking with insects into contemporary recipes.

Cross-disciplinary approaches are key to research in the Anthropocene. With all the wicked challenges of today, we need to start thinking outside the box.

By contributing to a heightened awareness of the many interconnected challenges facing our food systems, CSAs can be understood to help foster a dialogue and posit these issues as a collective concern

This blog offers some clues and brings you closer to the production of the world’s most aromatic rice variety.