Rural transformation
Through its network and expert groups, SIANI fostered engagement in the bioeconomy sector with smallholders and agripreneurs in Eastern Africa.
A new book outlines a remarkable shift in the understanding of “sustainable fisheries”.
In 2024, many of the young partners that SIANI has worked with over the years have both received and provided new opportunities to the network since they engaged with SIANI.
Satu Sanatla explains that research is very important to provide the evidence base for IFAD's investments. This is also part of how we make sure funds are aligned with farmers’ and communities’ needs.
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In the past scaling-up in agriculture was all about the ways extension could help informing farmers more effectively and about application of the good agricultural practice research.
To mark the International Year of Camelids, we interview with Bernard Faye about camels' potential in combating desertification, improving nutrition and llivelihoods, and their cultural and social significance.
The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, has said that agribusiness can curb unemployment among youth and to attract more young people to the sector, the 'Farming is Cool Rwanda' project was launched last week that is set to empower Rwanda's youth through a agribusiness.
Llamas and alpacas are noted South American domesticated camelids, but there is one wild camelid native to the Andes region, considered the smallest of all: the vicuña.
Presented at the Seminar on Responsible Agricultural Investments in Developing Countries: How to Make Principles and Guidelines Effective? Organized by Swedish FAO Committee & SIANI.
Presented at the Seminar on Responsible Agricultural Investments in Developing Countries: How to Make Principles and Guidelines Effective? Organized by Swedish FAO Committee & SIANI.
One of the main recommendations from the SIANI Annual meeting in January 2015 was to identify the ways to involve more youth in the discussion around agricultural development in general and in the SIANI network in particular.
Youth Will is an interactive online conversation hosted by Devex in partnership with Chemonics, The Commonwealth Secretariat, The MasterCard Foundation and UN-Habitat. The campaign will launch a new theme each week over the next month relating to youth around the globe and their power to be change-makers today as well as in the future.