Displaced and host community farmers in Dohuk are experiencing a financial boon after a UN-backed hub connected them to formal retail supply chains, strengthened quality standards and supported lasting relationships with suppliers.
Young leaders across the globe are solving environmental and human development challenges by improving how people interact with nature, valuing diverse ways of thinking and enabling more inclusive participation in shaping solutions.
With UN support, a family-owned olive oil business in Albania sharpened its competitiveness, capacities and business expansion opportunities while still remaining committed to sustainable practices, proving that economic growth and sustainability go hand-in-hand.
As Buenos Aires and Guatuso territories contend with food insecurity, a programme supported by the UN and the Joint SDG Fund is engaging local communities and leveraging broad partnerships to strengthen agricultural governance, sustainable production practices and eating habits.
With an energy system facing longstanding challenges, the Philippines and the UN are working together both nationally and in local communities to implement clean energy solutions, improve efficiency, strengthen resilience and ensure an inclusive green transition.
With support from the Joint SDG Fund, the UN and partners, a home-grown school feeding initiative in Kenya's Embu County links farmers to schools via cooperatives, turning harvests into meals that fuel economic growth and improve students' nutrition and retention.
The UN collaborated with ministries in Bosnia and Herzegovina to introduce gender-sensitive criteria into public agricultural grants, ensuring that eligibility better reflected the realities faced by women farmers, especially those in remote communities.
With losses from explosive ordnance reaching $26.7 billion, the UN is working with Government and national partners in Ukraine through innovative technologies, equipment for deminers and support for farmers and survivors, including women and veterans.
In the lush Bolivian Amazon, a UN programme promotes sustainable agricultural practices that improve productivity while conserving biodiversity. Small-scale producers working with the programme are translating their harvests into existing international value chains.
Despite declining hunger, malnutrition remains persistent in Pakistan as families struggle to afford and access balanced diets. The UN is supporting the Government in developing new policies that look past food security and prioritise more diverse food options.
