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Tackling desertification, land degradation, and drought for food security
Desertification, land degradation, and drought affect soils, vegetation, and water, increase greenhouse gas emissions, and threaten vulnerable populations due to less agricultural productivity and food production. The Global Environment Facility and its partners have been helping countries across sub-Saharan Africa tackle these interwoven challenges in an integrated way through the Resilient Food Systems program, with the goal of promoting greater resilience and more sustainable agricultural and food production.
GEF-funded program on resilient food security targets smallholder farmers in 12 African countries
Africa’s population is expected to double from 1.26 billion today to over two and half billion by 2050, little more than 30 years from now. At the same time, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and the effects of climate change pose increasing challenges to the continent’s agriculture sector, particularly smallholder farmers. If left unchecked, these challenges will threaten the food security of millions of people, particularly in the drylands.
ECW Swaziland
The GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) for the Southern Africa constituencies took place in Mbabane, Swaziland from 21 to 24 February 2017. Over 90 participants, including GEF and Convention focal points, representatives from Civil Society Organizations, GEF Staff and GEF Agency colleagues from ADB, FAO, FECO, UNDP, IUCN, WB and WWF as well as representatives from the Stockholm Convention, the UNFCCC Secretariat and the GCF participated in the workshop.