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Millets recipe book
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). Millets’ diversity and ability to thrive on arid lands with minimal inputs make them a valuable contribution to healthy diets and nutrition in many countries. Each millet variety contributes different essential nutrients.
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FAO in Africa: Highlights in 2023
The FAO in Africa: Highlights in 2023 report is an overview that showcases the pivotal strides made by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) towards agrifood systems transformation in Africa in 2023.
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Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition
Africa is home to a diversity of indigenous food crops that are locally adapted and less fastidious than exotic cultivars. Indigenous foods are foods of plant and animal origin that naturally exist in specific agro-ecological domains and are produced and consumed as part of traditional diets.
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Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition
Africa is home to a diversity of indigenous food crops that are locally adapted and less fastidious than exotic cultivars. Indigenous foods are foods of plant and animal origin that naturally exist in specific agro-ecological domains and are produced and consumed as part of traditional diets.
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FAO’s work on South–South and Triangular Cooperation in sub-Saharan Africa
Africa faces enormous challenges to its development: the three-pronged impacts of COVID-19, the climate crisis and the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
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Compendium of case studies: Successful practices, tools, and mechanisms to design, implement and monitor Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes in Africa
The first live broadcast Learning Route “Successful practices, tools and mechanisms to design, implement and monitor Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes in Africa” jointly promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
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FAO in Africa: Highlights in 2022
The FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2022 report presents a summary of the main priorities, developments and results achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Africa region in 2022.
Africa Regional Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance Communications and Advocacy
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when germs, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to antimicrobials
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FAO in Africa, Edition 5 - June 2023
This edition will primarily focus on the top priority for Africa’s development and the transformation of agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.
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FAO in Africa, Edition 4 - October 2022
In the latest edition of FAO in Africa, from FAO’s Regional Office for Africa, we are celebrating World Food Day on 16th October, under the theme of leaving no one behind.
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