Led by @IFAD and funded by @theGEF, Resilient Food Systems is enhancing long-term sustainability and resilience for #foodsecurity in 12 African countries.
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 programme๐ฅฒ
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.
https://t.co/H7rdCxXl0j
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 ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ
https://t.co/JAj7BU4EKY
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 ๐บ๏ธ
https://t.co/ekt5rX9v5w
Rural #Malawi people are stopping flooding in its tracks through integrated catchment management activities. This reduces:
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๐ displacement
๐ erosion
Learn more about how this increases #foodsecurity and #sustainability ๐๐ฟ
https://t.co/Qe5ibC0iNJ
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 ๐๐๐ฟ
https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky
Some ๐peeks๐of the RFS delegation currently in #Kenya to talk about #FoodSystems resilience and #sustainability
Learn more:
https://t.co/f6XpiOGfky
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
OUT NOW!
The Issue #1 of the eNewsletter of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme, #FSRP_WestAfrica.
โ Focus on the key achievements of #FSRP during April and May 2023.
ENGLISH VERSION : https://t.co/qCki0AhvlL
FRENCH VERSION: https://t.co/SjmsBcSsWH
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
โMany streams make a great riverโ so the Neer-Tamba project in #BurkinaFaso invests in small businesses like poultry farming for #ruralpeople ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฅ
Learn more and watch our most popular video on YouTube here ๐๐ฟ
https://t.co/AtyGwF1jtg
#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 ๐๐ฟ
https://t.co/F00ao4Az4W
A catalytic grant awarded by @UNDP and @AGRA_Africa in 2020 is breathing new life into groundnut cooperatives inย Malawi ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ผ
Learn more:
https://t.co/xAefIxlCLL
๐๏ธAround 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
Millets are sustainable, nutritious & resilient crops.
But they have been under-valued & overshadowed by other grains over the last decades.
6โฃ reasons why millets deserve our attention & a place on our tables๐ https://t.co/xGrhtIaBU8
#YearOfMillets#IYM2023
Do you know how much RFS loves #multistakeholder platforms??
Well, you would if you read the 2022 Programme Highlights report ๐๐พ
https://t.co/5ekOAo8HZp