April 08th, 2014

Dear colleagues,

With reference to your email below, I am reaching out to introduce you FAO’s From Protection to Production project.

The From Protection to Production (PtoP) team is based in the Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Our two main areas of work are:

• Impact evaluations of cash transfer programmes, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa;
• contribution to policy dialogue on the role of social protection in rural development and poverty reduction.

PtoP is a joint effort between the FAO, the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office and the governments of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

It is also serving as the foundation for FAO’s new policy and work in social protection by raising awareness and providing understanding within the Organization as to what social protection is and how it relates to FAO’s work, to food security and agriculture.

This is the link to the PtoP page where you can find further information and research outputs such as reports, policy and research briefs, interviews, workshops resources, infographic, photo stories, videos: http://www.fao.org/economic/ptop/home/en/

Here you can find video and audio interviews on social protection that may be of interest: http://www.fao.org/economic/ptop/multimedia/en/

Best regards,

Max Terzini on behalf of the PtoP team
Communication & Outreach Specialist
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Agricultural Development Economics Division
From Protection to Production (PtoP) project
Skype: max.terzini
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxterzini