Led by @IFAD and funded by @theGEF, Resilient Food Systems is enhancing long-term sustainability and resilience for #foodsecurity in 12 African countries.
Nairobi, Kenya
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It's been more than 5 years of @theGEF integrated approach pilot led by @IFAD, but today is the official closing date of the #RFS programme🥲
We've got some final thoughts, reflections, and a way forward outlined below.
Thank you all for your support!
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Tomorrow is a new day. What will it look like?
@IFAD is committed to one with empowered smallholder farmers, climate-resilient communities and food-secure rural people.
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The Final RFS Workshop was combined with a #SciencePolicy learning day co-hosted with @UNEP @FAO and @_AfricanUnion and wrapped with a visit to the field hosted by the RFS #Kenya country project
We've summarized the best bits here 👇🏿👇🏿
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Rural communities in #Tanzania best understand the complex dynamics between people and land
The RFS project has been working alongside them to create participatory land use plans 🗺️
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Rural #Malawi people are stopping flooding in its tracks through integrated catchment management activities. This reduces:
🌽 crop loss
🛖 displacement
🌊 erosion
Learn more about how this increases #foodsecurity and #sustainability 👇🏿
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Interested in learning more about last week's Workshop? We've got presentation materials, the final programme, photos and more!
Look no further than our dedicated event page 👀👇🏿
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Some 👀peeks👀of the RFS delegation currently in #Kenya to talk about #FoodSystems resilience and #sustainability
Learn more:
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RFS stakeholders are currently gathered in Naivasha #Kenya for the Final RFS Workshop and #SciencePolicy learning day!
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Keep an eye on this page for proceedings, updates and resources:
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OUT NOW!
The Issue #1 of the eNewsletter of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme, #FSRP_WestAfrica.
✅Focus on the key achievements of #FSRP during April and May 2023.
ENGLISH VERSION : bit.ly/45IDge4
FRENCH VERSION: bit.ly/3P82hJV
Today is #SciencePolicy Learning Day hosted by @UNEP @FAO and the @_AfricanUnion!
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Learn more about the Workshop and stay tuned for all the juicy lessons learned coming from our speakers
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🔥Hot off the press!
A new learning note from RFS #Ethiopia describes how #multistakeholder platforms can enhance #FoodSecurity and foster #sustainable rural areas
Read it⬇️
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“Many streams make a great river” so the Neer-Tamba project in #BurkinaFaso invests in small businesses like poultry farming for #ruralpeople 🐔🐤🐣🐥
Learn more and watch our most popular video on YouTube here 👇🏿
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#InvestInRuralPeople @IFAD
Enhancing #sustainable and #resilient #foodsystems is more than just agricultural extension
That's why the agro-pastoral field schools implemented by @FAOUganda offer additional activities like savings groups
Tete Sarah tells her story here 👇🏿
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A catalytic grant awarded by @UNDP and @AGRA_Africa in 2020 is breathing new life into groundnut cooperatives in Malawi 🥜🇲🇼
Learn more:
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🏜️Around 2 billion people live in the drylands and the MEV-CAM initiative from @FAOForestry presents a platform for their voices to be amplified!
Learn more and visit the knowledge bank here:
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Millets are sustainable, nutritious & resilient crops.
But they have been under-valued & overshadowed by other grains over the last decades.
6⃣ reasons why millets deserve our attention & a place on our tables👉 bit.ly/3wtBCMQ
#YearOfMillets #IYM2023
Do you know how much RFS loves #multistakeholder platforms??
Well, you would if you read the 2022 Programme Highlights report 👇🏾
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Protect #forests 🌲🌳🌴
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Forests are home to the majority of the world’s terrestrial #biodiversity.
Protecting & preserving our forests is about more than just us.
💚Our future depends on how we treat our forests today.
#UNForests #GlobalGoals #SDGs