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There is momentum on gender equality across sectors, including in mineral supply chains. Governments, the private sector and civil society are acknowledging that women’s rights are human rights, and that empowering women and girls is the best way to achieve positive economic and inclusive social development outcomes. Stakeholders are tackling gender discrimination, increasing the number of women in executive-level positions, ensuring greater inclusion of women-led business in local procurement and supporting women’s economic empowerment in artisanal mining communities.

The development potential of conflict-free mineral supply chains is now firmly recognised, however, for this potential to be fully realised, men and women need to benefit equally from mineral production and trade. Women’s critical role – and the unique risks and challenges they face – need to be made visible to support more equitable development gains. This guide outlines 10 strategies to strengthen risk mitigation strategies during OECD Due Diligence Implementation.

Food & nutrition security is an important policy goal for national governments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Government policy makers, donors and other key actors are confronted with the complexity of factors that influence food security. These factors originate from different levels, from macro-economy and national policy, to a diversity of local actors. This complexity creates risks and challenges that policy interventions do not reach their goals.

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs aspires to enhance its trade and investment programme in support of the agri-food sector of Nigeria. The Multi-Annual Country Strategy for Nigeria identifies the following main objective: to support Nigeria in its diversification strategy from reliance on oil revenues to economic growth and job-creation based on a sustainable and inclusive agri-food sector.

This document describes the application of the Food Systems Decision-Support Tool, as developed by KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Wageningen University & Research, at the request of the Cluster Food Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This document describes how the tool could be applied to support the Dutch Embassy in Ethiopia.

In December 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a stakeholder exchange on food & nutrition security in the Sahel region (notably Burkina Faso and Niger) as part of its initiative to develop of a new Sahel program focusing on food and water. KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Wageningen Economic Research were contracted to provide a descriptive overview of the food systems in Burkina Faso and Niger to support this policy process, through the partial application of the Food Systems Decision Support Tool. The descriptive analysis is based on secondary data and key informant interviews.

Le Deuxième Programme National de Gestion des Terroirs (PNGT2) au Burkina Faso est un programme de développement rural à base communautaire qui s’inscrit dans le cadre de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Le Programme y contribue à travers le transfert accéléré des ressources publiques au milieu rural pour la réalisation d’infrastructures socio-économiques et productives ainsi que la capacitation des communautés à la base et des collectivités territoriales pour la maîtrise d’ouvrage de ces investissements.

If you are a scientist or project manager seeking to integrate gender approaches effectively in your projects, this resource can help you.

The integration of male and female smallholders in high-end value chains (e.g. those for tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, avocado, and mango), has been promoted throughout the global South as a strategy for poverty alleviation, economic growth, employment generation, gender equality, and improved wellbeing.

Dans la zone d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) au Burkina Faso, les processus d’amélioration des ratiques paysannes sont très variés et l’accompagnement des partenaires au développement des producteurs résente des caractéristiques différentes, adaptées au contexte. Des processus d’expérimentations conjointes de technologies agricoles et de gestion des ressources environnementales sont mises en place par les paysans innovateurs en collaboration avec leurs partenaires Voisins Mondiaux, la recherche et Diobass Burkina pour une promotion de l’intensification agro-écologique durable.

In the area of intervention of the project Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for Agroecological Intensification in Burkina Faso (FaReNe), farmers’ practices improvement methods are very various and assistance of producers’ development partners shows different characteristics, adapted to the context. Processes of joint experimentations of agricultural technologies and management of environmental resources have been set up by innovator farmers in collaboration with their partners World Neighbors, the researchers and Diobass Burkina for the promotion of a lasting agroecological intensification.

Le Fonds d’appui à l’Innovation Locale (FIL) piloté au Burkina Faso est inspiré des projets pilotes conduits par Prolinnova (un Programme international de partenariat qui promeut l’innovation locale et le Développement Participatif des Innovations (DPI). C’est un mécanisme alternatif de financement qui permet aux paysans innovateurs d’accéder aux ressources leur permettant de poursuivre leurs propres recherches en collaboration avec d’autres professionnels.

The Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) led in Burkina Faso, took its example from pilot projects led by PROLINNOVA (an international program of partnership that promotes local innovation and Participatory Innovation Development – PID). It is an alternative mechanism of financing that permits innovative farmers to have access to resources allowing them to pursue their own research in collaboration with other professionals.

The intervention areas of the Farmers’ Research Network (FaReNe) project in the Ségou and Mopti regions are experiencing food insecurity problems caused by poor soil fertility. It was to tackle this problem that the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach has been used in order to identify and enhance the value of local knowledge in the field of agro-ecological intensification. It is an approach that stimulates the creativity of the farming community to contribute to the improvement of its own living conditions. It is based on a multi-takeholder partnership that includes farmers, agricultural advisors and researchers. It is an approach that puts the innovative farmer at the heart of the process.

Les régions d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) de Ségou et de Mopti connaissent des problèmes d’insécurité alimentaire engendrés par la pauvreté des sols. C’est pour répondre à cette problématique que l’approche Développement Participatif de l’Innovation (DPI) a été utilisée pour identifier et mieux valoriser les savoirs locaux dans le domaine de l’intensification agro-écologique. C’est une approche qui permet de stimuler la créativité de la communauté paysanne pour contribuer à l’amélioration de ses conditions de vie. Elle est basée sur un partenariat multi-acteurs qui inclut les paysans, les conseillers agricoles et les chercheurs.

The Eastern and Northern regions of Burkina Faso are characterized by a degradation of natural resources, not without inconsiderable socio-economic consequences for the populations. In an effort to cope with these difficult environmental conditions, the producers innovate a lot of strategies to restore the soil fertility and secure a sufficient production to cover their needs, particularly those related to family foods.

Les régions d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) de Ségou et de Mopti connaissent des problèmes d’insécurité alimentaire engendrés par la pauvreté des sols. C’est pour répondre à cette problématique que l’approche Développement Participatif de l’Innovation (DPI) a été utilisée pour identifier et mieux valoriser les savoirs locaux dans le domaine de l’intensification agro-écologique. C’est une approche qui permet de stimuler la créativité de la communauté paysanne pour contribuer à l’amélioration de ses conditions de vie. Elle est basée sur un partenariat multi-acteurs qui inclut les paysans, les conseillers agricoles et les chercheurs.

La faible productivité des cultures, consécutive à la dégradation des terres agricoles, a amené les producteurs à se regrouper pour mieux faire face à l’insécurité alimentaire. Les deux réseaux informels décrits ci-dessous sont constitués de groupements de producteurs et de productrices au niveau des régions de Ségou et de Mopti. La spécificité de ces groupements réside dans le fait qu’ils sont organisés autour d’innovations paysannes de restauration et d’utilisation des terres dégradées dans leurs communautés.

Low crop yields resulting from the degradation of agricultural land led producers to join forces in order to better cope with food insecurity. The two informal networks described below are made up of producers at the regional level in the Ségou and Mopti regions. The specific character of these groups lies in the fact that they are organized around farmers’ innovations for restoring degraded land in their own communities.