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“We risk a catastrophe if agriculture collapses in Afghanistan”
11/11/2021
Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Representative in Kabul, calls for urgent action to prevent a worsening crisis
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Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity
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FAO and USAID support the Lao People's Democratic Republic to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases
10/11/2021
The four-year project aims to help the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) in prevention.
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FAO supports agri-food cooperatives bringing together Syrian and Turkish women
10/11/2021
FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Government of Japan, support agri-food cooperatives bringing together Syrian and Turkish women
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FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
04/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country
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FAO provides conditional cash grants to vulnerable farmers in Rakhine State
04/11/2021
In September 2021, FAO concluded the provision of conditional cash transfers to 450 households across 16 villages in Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships in Rakhine State
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Japan and FAO sign a project agreement to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable families in Yemen
29/10/2021
On 29 October 2021, Japan signed an agreement with FAO to contribute USD 7 million (JPY 771 000 000) to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable internally displaced, agro-pastoral and pastoral families in Yemen
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Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts
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ASEAN-Australia-FAO strengthening regional coordination to avert pandemics of animal origin
27/10/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for better coordination to address and minimise negative impacts of emerging infectious diseases
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FAO introduces new radio programme on Climate-Smart Agriculture
26/10/2021
Episodes in the programme to focus on the impact of climate change on food security