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@SkollFoundation shared
On Oct 12, 2022
With Intl. Rural Women’s Day, #WorldFoodDay, and Intl. Day for the Eradication of Poverty all this week, @mwaura_muiru says #LandRights for women is a crucial solution. Learn about these intersecting challenges and an overlooked fix with @Landesa_Global. https://t.co/EYo41Dpq2A https://t.co/7kLny3NH5K
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Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights

If we want to improve lives and alleviate poverty, achieve food security globally, and guarantee human rights and full dignity for all, we must invest in land rights for women.

@SkollFoundation shared
On Oct 12, 2022
With Intl. Rural Women’s Day, #WorldFoodDay, and Intl. Day for the Eradication of Poverty all this week, @mwaura_muiru says #LandRights for women is a crucial solution. Learn about these intersecting challenges and an overlooked fix with @Landesa_Global. https://t.co/EYo41Dpq2A https://t.co/7kLny3NH5K
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Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights

Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights

If we want to improve lives and alleviate poverty, achieve food security globally, and guarantee human rights and full dignity for all, we must invest in land rights for women.

World Food Day 2019: Activists Deliver a Statement to Prof Boga Demanding A Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Kenya’s Food

World Food Day 2019: Activists Deliver a Statement to Prof Boga Demanding A Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Kenya’s Food

Makueni, 16th October 2019 –  Activists from Greenpeace Africa and Smallholder farmers from Makueni county brought the world food day celebrations to a stand still when they delivered ...

Agriculture – a keystone for sustainable development

Agriculture – a keystone for sustainable development

In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, small-scale farmers in developing countries must be involved in the transformation of agri-food systems.

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THE AGRICULTURE SECTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE 24 2.1 Focus on the agriculture sectors: combining climate change mitigation and adaptation 24 Focus on the agriculture ...

Africa: How Farmers Use Agroforestry to Fight #AfricaClimateCrisis

Africa: How Farmers Use Agroforestry to Fight #AfricaClimateCrisis

Climate change, combined with economic hardship is contributing to acute global food insecurity, hunger, and poverty, but solutions such as climate-resilient crops and agricultural ...

Potatoes in a Pandemic

Potatoes in a Pandemic

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Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer’s ‘transformational’ crop

Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer’s ‘transformational’ crop

An Ethiopian farmer has been talking about how avocados have transformed the lives of not just his family but also of people living in his community.

Tackling declining food production, poverty in populous western Kenya

Tackling declining food production, poverty in populous western Kenya

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pockets of food insecurity. These can appear and develop for many reasons. And in some cases, simple nature-based solutions can make a significant ...

Help rural farmers in Africa gain access to land

Help rural farmers in Africa gain access to land

Seventy-five percent of the world's poorest people live in rural areas where land is a critical asset, but more than half these families lack either access to land or a secure stake in the ...

Govt vows no let up in fight against starvation

Govt vows no let up in fight against starvation

Myanmar's government will amend laws and procedures and cooperate with international organisations to eradicate starvation and malnutrition, said Vice President U Henry Van Thio.