Unlocking Africa's Climate Action Potential: The Private Sector's Crucial Role
Stories & Blogs UNDPJul 15, 2024(Story )Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and Africa stands at its forefront. Despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, the continent often bears the brunt of climate impacts.
Major step in CAFI-Cameroon partnership: First $20 million project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 02, 2024(News )A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union (EU) regulations
Agrarian AI – The Future of Agriculture in Zambia
Stories & Blogs UNDPJul 01, 2024(Story )How the UNDP Accelerator Lab in Zambia and Mukuba UniPod is supporting Nchimunya on his journey to transform small-holder farming with AI and data-driven technology.
In Zambia, I saw rural resilience first-hand
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 18, 2024(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.
Five things you need to know about El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 13, 2024(News )Urgent action is needed to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southern Africa, many of whom are in the grip of the region’s worst drought in 100 years.
Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit: A Catalyst for Change in African Agriculture
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 04, 2024(News )The African continent loses a staggering US$4 billion worth of soil nutrients annually due to erosion. This loss affects over 485 million people and threatens food security.
Le Sénégal lance le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques à l'appui des petits exploitants agricoles.
Stories & Blogs IFADMay 17, 2024(News )En partenariat avec plusieurs organismes internationaux, dont le FIDA, le Gouvernement sénégalais a officiellement lancé le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques (AIRCM)
Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: 10th Africa Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance.
Stories & Blogs UNDPApr 04, 2024(Press Release )Blantyre,– Planet Earth requires approximately US$ 950 billion annually for the restoration and protection of its imperiled ecosystems, vital for sustaining livelihoods.
IFAD and partners to build resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in seven Sahelian Countries
Stories & Blogs IFADMar 07, 2024(News )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched the Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AICRM).
Abundant, sustainable energy resources in the Sahel can transform the fortunes of over 340 million people and spur green industrialisation
Stories & Blogs UNDPFeb 16, 2024(Press Release )Given its significant renewable energy resource potential, the Sahel can become the first African region to pioneer and champion an industrial revolution fuelled by renewable energy investments that go beyond domestic use, by establishing and leveraging g