FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa
About the office
The Subregional Office for Eastern Africa and FAO Representation to the AU and UNECA covers eight countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda, with a total population of about 270 million in 2022. Many of the people living in the region are engaged in food and agricultural production, mainly as smallholder farmers and pastoralists. In all, it is estimated that the agricultural sector is the main source of livelihoods and income in the subregion.
Highlights
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East Africa Resilience Programme of Work 2022–2026
The Programme of Work calls for the acceleration of at-scale investment in rural livelihoods. In order to reduce poverty, contribute to healthy diets, promote One Health, reduce inequalities and have decent employment and environmental sustainability...
PODCAST
FAO launches guide to tackle Fall Armyworm in Africa
FAO launched today a comprehensive guide on the integrated pest management of Fall Armyworm on maize. Designed for Farmers Field Schools,
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FAO and UNHCR: Building resilient livelihoods for refugee and host communities in East Africa
Displaced populations often lack access to land, inputs, and services, relying on small-scale and subsistence farming opportunities.
FAO emergencies and resilience in Eastern Africa
FAO delivers urgent humanitarian assistance and technical expertise in advance of predicted crises, at the onset of crises and beyond to assist communities in their recovery and pave a pathway to sustainable agricultural livelihoods.
The FAO Conference, at its 33rd Session held in Rome, 19- 26 November 2005, approved further decentralization within the framework of the reform agenda. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia-FAO Agreement to establish the Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) in Addis Ababa was signed on 31 January 2007 and the office established in February 2007.
The FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa is a technical hub which supports 8 countries in Eastern Africa and has a core team of professionals with multi-disciplinary expertise. It is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing sub-regional food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development priorities.
The office also plays a very important liaison role to the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commissions for Africa (UNECA) as well as Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) and to a large number of important development partners based in Ethiopia and within the sub-region. FAO plays a key role in the development of the Agricultural sector.
The importance of Agriculture in Eastern Africa cannot be underestimated. Key related priorities include land policy, food safety, fisheries and aquaculture, resilience, forestry, natural resource management, climate change and livestock as indicated in SFE Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs).
Following FAO new strategic framework and its regional initiatives, the Office will serve as a technical resource base for agricultural policy development in the sub-region, supporting our member states and regional economic communities on agricultural development; contributing to resilience building in agriculture; enhancing resource mobilization for agriculture; development of agribusiness and agricultural value chains; as well as developing standards and sharing of best practices in agriculture and food security among others.
In this way the Office can contribute to ending hunger in Africa in 2025 and ultimately to FAOs overall goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in the world, through the improvement in levels of nutrition, the betterment of rural livelihoods, the improvement of agricultural productivity as well as through contribution to the sustainable growth of the world economy.
Recent and upcoming events
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2024
13/ 8
2024
15/8
2024
2nd Southern Africa Dialogue Platform: El Niño Insights: Southern Africa Anticipation After Action Review
13/08/2024 - 15/08/2024
To boost effective learning, the Regional Anticipatory Action Working Group (RAAWG) in the SADC region and the Anticipation Hub are planning a Southern Africa El Niño Anticipation After Action Review (ENAAAR), bringing together SADC member states, RAAWG members, academic institutions and scientific reference centers and the donor community. Jointly, participants will reflect on the large-sca...
In-depth
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Agrobiodiversity - a training manual for farmer groups in East Africa
The regional animal feed action plan was formulated through a consultative and participatory process building on experiences
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East Africa Animal Feed Action Plan
The regional animal feed action plan was formulated through a consultative and participatory process building on experiences and lessons learnt by wide spectrum
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aa1i3uVPdA
Starting in late 2019, a wave of desert locusts swept across East Africa threatening to wipe out crops and pastures in a region already beset by hunger.
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Contact
FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa
CMC road Near ILRI, Kebele 12/13 Bole Sub City, Gurd Shola
P.O. Box 5536
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tel: +251 11 647 8888
Fax: +251 11 647 8800
E-mail: [email protected]