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FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders In another step towards creating a "digital FAO", the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is committing to increasing by 50 percent its delivery of digital financial transfers and vouchers to beneficiaries. As part…

agrosmart, Better Than Cash Alliance, Covid19, FAO, smartcity, Somalia

New project to boost sustainable wildlife management and food security in southern Africa

FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) launched a new 3.5 million Euro project Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, each year experiences large scale migrations of megafauna, in particular elephants, where 50 percent of the total population of African elephants can be found. However, the area…

AFD, África, FAO, Gilles Kleitz, Mette Wilkie, smartcity, smartnews, sustainablecities

FAO pledges intensified action to end child labour in agriculture

QU Dongyu, pledged to intensify efforts through a dedicated work programme within FAO’s Strategic Framework.ork This year, we will step-up our efforts to strengthen the capacities of a wide range of agricultural actors to include child labour prevention and youth employment in their work,'” the Director-General stressed during the virtual event launch of the International…

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FAO and IRENA join forces to boost renewables in food and agriculture

Renewable energy can boost sustainable and innovative agri-food system transformation The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have underscored their continued commitment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies in agri-food, fisheries, and forestry chains and sustainable bioenergy through the signature of a collaboration…