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Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa - GCP/RAF/511/IFA

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Category Factsheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The Integrated Approach Program on Food Security (IAP-FS) in sub-Saharan Africa comprises three integrated approach pilots that were agreed as part of the sixth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on sustainable cities, deforestation and food security. The IAP-FS targets agroecological systems in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa, where the need to enhance food security is directly linked to opportunities for generating local and global environmental benefits. Against this background, this cross-cutting regional hub project aimed to strengthen overall the delivery of the IAP-FS in a coherent and consistent manner, in order to maximize the potential for transformational change beyond what was possible through the separate country projects, covering all agroecological areas targeted by the program. The project targeted 12 countries in Sub-saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Eswatini, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania.

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