In Zambia, I saw rural resilience first-hand
Stories & Blogs IFAD (Blog )Zambia has been hit hard by extreme weather events in recent years. Drought is impacting food security and rural livelihoods so severely that the government has declared it a national emergency.
Technical workshop on Budgeting Sensitive to Demographic Dividend: transforming the 2021-2023 budgets into functional budgets
Event June 10 to 14, 2024 - Venue/Format: Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoOrganizer: ECA
Capacity building workshop to be held in partnership with the Egypt and Libyan tax authorities.
Event October 22 - 26, 2023 - Venue/Format: Cairo, EgyptOrganizer: ECA
Training workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Event October 16 - 20, 2023 - Venue/Format: Nouakchott, MauritaniaOrganizer: ECA
Workshop on building capacity and scaling up adoption of STI4SDGs Roadmaps in Africa
Event October 12, 2023 - Venue/Format: Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOrganizer: DESA, ECA, and EC/JRC
Capacity building workshop to be held in partnership with the Egypt and Libyan tax authorities.
Event October 22 - 26, 2023 - Venue/Format: Cairo, EgyptOrganizer: ECA
North Africa is struggling to cope. The terrible events of this week will become all too familiar unless we invest in resilience
Stories & Blogs IFAD (Blog )The true impact of the earthquake is yet to be determined as roads are opened and aid slowly trickles in. Hopes of finding survivors are slim, while those who made it through the initial disaster now face a host of new challenges.
Unlocking the potential of irrigation for improved nutrition in Ethiopia
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog )Poor nutrition threatens health, exacerbates inequalities, affects economic productivity, and traps countries like Ethiopia in a vicious cycle of poverty.
Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog )Despite some progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, Ethiopia continues to be an epicenter of the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog )Despite some progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, Ethiopia continues to be an epicenter of the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.