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Spearheading the shift from disaster response to anticipatory action in agriculture
07/12/2021
FAO Director-General: Acting ahead of crises means protecting people's lives and livelihoods with benefits that reach far into the future
EU and FAO handover a new Water and Land Information Management Centre to Government of Somalia in Puntland
07/12/2021
The Centre will provide valuable data to help inform policy, programmes and development in the country
FAO requires $1.5 billion to save lives and livelihoods of up to 50 million people in 2022
02/12/2021
Humanitarian needs, acute food insecurity are growing. Livelihood-saving agriculture activities are crucial, urgently require funding at scale - FAO Director-General
Fighting against drought-induced hunger: FAO provides rural households in Somalia with cash, livestock and agricultural support
01/12/2021
Sureedo lives on her farm in Qoordumey village, Dolow, Somalia. She grows fruits and vegetables with her family and was among the 2 500 rural farming households affected by the drought and desert locust swarms that have decimated crops and destroyed livelihoods.
New UN report: Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean rose by 13.8 million people in just one year
30/11/2021
A joint publication of FAO, IFAD, PAHO/WHO, WFP and UNICEF
FAO’s farmer field schools improve animal husbandry practices for women
26/11/2021
Livestock keeping has become more challenging for vulnerable farmers in rural areas of Syria
Beyond prestige: FAO Livestock Show in Kuajok promotes commercialization of cows sheep and goats
26/11/2021
After the suspension of livestock shows due to the pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has resumed activities in South Sudan.
Horn of Africa: “We want to prevent as many people as possible from having to rely solely on food assistance”
25/11/2021
Interview with Carla Mucavi, FAO Representative in Kenya
A new partnership between FAO and the Qatar Fund for Development targets food insecurity in Somalia
24/11/2021
$1.7 million Qatari contribution aims to enhance smallholder agriculture and livestock production through climate-resilient anticipatory action
FAO delivers emergency fodder seeds to vulnerable livestock farmers in Lesotho
23/11/2021
The high-quality animal fodder seeds will reach 1 200 livestock farmers to restore their livelihoods