Our paper seeks to identify factors that inhibit and promote women’s success in seed businesses, through three case studies of women’s and men’s entrepreneurship across varying seed-related value chains and country contexts in Africa south of the Sah...

For the outlook period from February to May 2022, FAO and WFP are issuing an early warning for urgent humanitarian action in 20 "hunger hotspots" where parts of the population are likely to face a significant deterioration of acute food insecurity...

Food systems touch every aspect of human existence, from what we eat to where we work to how we utilize the land. Food systems are also critical to achieving many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals—but only if we commit to transforming them. In...

Agriculture is central to the Tanzanian economy; over 75% of the working population relies primarily on this sector. Agriculture contributes a sizeable proportion of the country’s GDP (about 27%) and is a major source of foreign exchange earnings (ab...

This report, commissioned by SAFIN, is a scoping analysis covering 5 value chains in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. The scoping analysis is the first step of a two-phase learning approach, aiming to provide a thorough understanding of agricultural...

Sipamandla Manqele is a bright young entrepreneur livening up pantries with a unique range of food and beverage products that hero African ingredients and economically empower the local communities they're sourced from

One of the most powerful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) actions a company can take is to support diverse business partners and significantly increase their spending with diverse suppliers and vendors in their value chain. By making its va...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries or situation (including one region) - called hunger hotspots – dur...

Over the past decade, interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment has grown rapidly, creating a unique opportunity to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development. This book, edited by researchers from the CGI...

The result of the continued collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and WIPO, this guide is focused on the intellectual property issues that exporters need to think about. It deals with a number of issues of concern to exporters such...

This guide is focused on the crafts and visual arts sectors and the intersection of intellectual property in the successful marketing of these products. A joint development of the International Trade Centre (ITC) and WIPO it draws on the expertise of...

This Manual is based on material used and tested in a series of workshops conducted jointly by WIPO and the International Trade Centre (ITC) where the importance of understanding the relevance of intellectual property in negotiating technology licens...