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Ethiopia is making great strides in of its effort to digitalize its major sectors in the country and transition towards a digital economy. In this regard, a Digital Strategy 2025 is set to transform the country’s national economy through four major sectoral pathways including agriculture, manufacturing, IT-enabled services, and tourism. Particularly, the recent effort in the development of the “National

Land degradation is a serious problem with tremendous consequences on livelihoods and economic growth. Ethiopia is one of the counties affected by land degradation and its associated impacts. Integrated landscape restoration and sustainable land management practices are thus crucial to tackle the problem of land degradation. As a result, landscape restoration has become a component of nature-based solutions, in which

The world faces multiple, simultaneous crises: biodiversity decline, the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, multiple conflicts, and increasing inequalities between communities, with many economic activities threatened by   the impacts of climate change. While progress is being made towards improving these challenges, it’s not yet happening at the necessary speed and scale. At the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, our research,

The world is far off track to reach Zero Hunger by 2030. Against the backdrop of the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict in flash points around the world, hunger is on the rise. Between 691 and 783 million people in the world went hungry in 2022 – about 122 million more people than pre-pandemic levels

Tegucigalpa. La Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG) realizó el lanzamiento de los proyectos “Mapeo para Sistemas Agroalimentarios Resilientes en Centro América y África Subsahariana (SoilFER) y Suelos de Honduras, como un fomento a la producción agrícola mediante la gestión sostenible del suelo. El gobierno de Honduras, a través de la SAG, marca un hito trascendental con el lanzamiento oficial

“Fetching water is normally a woman’s responsibility. This can be a dangerous, time-consuming and physically demanding task. Long distance by foot, often more than once a day, can leave women vulnerable to attack and often exclude them from earning an income.” Approximately 72% of Kenya’s 55 million people live in rural areas (World Bank, 2022a), and primarily depend on agriculture for

To address these issues and unlock financial opportunities, the Alliance and Financial Access Consulting Services (FACS), have embarked on an initiative in Kenya under the Climate Resilience and  Livestock and Climate Initiatives to investigate key adaptation strategies that can de-risk the dairy farming sector and improve access to finance for smallholders. This review is a crucial component of a broader

In Africa, over 33 million smallholder farms are the backbone of the continent’s food supply, yet their access to financial services is woefully limited. Traditional lending models often overlook these farmers due to perceived high risks and operational costs. Add to this the increasing vulnerability to climate extremes, and the scenario becomes even grimmer. In Kenya, for instance, the dairy