Resilient Food Systems

Led by @IFAD and funded by @theGEF, Resilient Food Systems is enhancing long-term sustainability and resilience for #foodsecurity in 12 African countries.

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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!
https://t.co/sYTturca8A

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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.
https://t.co/H7rdCxXl0j

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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 👇🏿👇🏿
https://t.co/JAj7BU4EKY

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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 🗺️

https://t.co/ekt5rX9v5w

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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 👇🏿
https://t.co/Qe5ibC0iNJ

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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 👀👇🏿
https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

Some 👀peeks👀of the RFS delegation currently in #Kenya to talk about #FoodSystems resilience and #sustainability

Learn more:
https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

Peep @UNEP @FAO @ICRAF @BiovIntCIAT_eng @AGRA_Africa @IFAD @theGEF @UNDP @ConservationOrg

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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:
https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

@HawaNiyigenah @FAO @AGRA_Africa @waterforfood @RwandaAgri @thoughtforfood_ @TheAGRF @GagaUwera @SangwaSifa 😋

[Anatole Kone @AnatoleKone]

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 : https://t.co/qCki0AhvlL
FRENCH VERSION: https://t.co/SjmsBcSsWH

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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

https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

🔥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⬇️
https://t.co/ZMuiOwr4LS

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

“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 👇🏿
https://t.co/AtyGwF1jtg

#InvestInRuralPeople @IFAD

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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[International Fund for Agricultural Development @IFAD]

If we want to build a sustainable future for the world, engaging with rural youth and amplifying their voices is a must.

Who agrees? 🖐

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

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 👇🏿
https://t.co/F00ao4Az4W

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

A catalytic grant awarded by @UNDP and @AGRA_Africa in 2020 is breathing new life into groundnut cooperatives in Malawi 🥜🇲🇼

Learn more:
https://t.co/xAefIxlCLL

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

🏜️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:
https://t.co/2nP8XqiRIF

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

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👉 https://t.co/xGrhtIaBU8

#YearOfMillets #IYM2023

[Resilient Food Systems @ResFoodSystems]

Do you know how much RFS loves #multistakeholder platforms??

Well, you would if you read the 2022 Programme Highlights report 👇🏾
https://t.co/5ekOAo8HZp