Selected Topic

Promoting sustainable production and food sovereignty, Supporting resilient and sustainable supply chains, Reducing food loss and waste, Strengthening vulnerable groups.

Project Description

UNIDO wants to showcase best practice cases within the agenda of “A world without hunger is possible”.

UNIDO fosters innovative approaches to building human capital and raising productivity, in particular through vocational and entrepreneurship training and industrial skills development in partnership with the private sector. UNIDOs activities contribute to food security, poverty reduction, youth employment, women’s economic empowerment, addressing the root causes of migration at the origin, and driving growth in productivity and employment, and creating prosperity in rural communities.

One of UNIDOs recent projects is “Finding sustainability measures to improve the Ethiopian Coffee Value through private partnerships” in cooperation with the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) and illycaffé (Ernesto Illy Foundation). Within the project’s lifespan of 6,5 years, UNIDO has intensively worked on upgrading technical capacity of Ethiopian institutions at the national level, leveraging ECTAs positioning in the global coffee arena. Through the support of actors along the entire Ethiopian coffee value chain, from coffee plantation to export companies, by developing knowledge and entrepreneurial skills, the income of small holder farmers increased, contributing to food security and sustainably impacting social, environmental and economic welfare of rural communities.

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About the Institution

UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a unique mandate to promote, sustainable and inclusive industrial development contributing to all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with more focus on the sustainable development goals, 1, 2, 4, and 7 more specifically SDG 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”.

UNIDO’s priorities include “A World Without Hunger”, sustainable, fair and transparent supply chains and trade, stopping climate breakdown by promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions and preserve scarce resources.

UNIDO promotes sustainable, inclusive and responsible investment in agriculture and agribusiness through value chain development, to create shared prosperity and advance economic competitiveness. Through a range of technical cooperation services targeted at food and non-food sectors, the division of agribusiness and infrastructure development assists developing countries to add value to their agricultural output and generate off-farm employment opportunities in rural communities, thereby contributing to rural economic development and structural transformation.

Contact Person: Dejene Tezera