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Global food markets still brace for uncertainty in 2020/21 because of COVID-19 says FAO
11/06/2020
Food Outlook report assesses global supply and demand for major food commodities
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FAO Turkey advances work on the Syrian refugee response project during the COVID-19 pandemic
10/06/2020
Despite the difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Turkey is working closely with its counterparts in the Government of Turkey to implement a Syrian refugee response project and a range of activities to address current challenges.
Reviving agricultural production in Haiti in the context of multiple crises
09/06/2020
In collaboration with Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, FAO carried out the first of a series of agricultural input distributions to support vulnerable farming families to prepare for the spring season in the context of the current pandemic and humanitarian crisis in the country.
Emerging data suggest COVID-19 is driving up hunger in vulnerable countries
09/06/2020
Urgent action required to stem crises, FAO Director-General tells UN High-Level meeting.
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Modern practices and an expanded market: the success of Mborisa beekeepers in South Sudan
05/06/2020
“My father used to harvest wild honey from anthills and trees; he was an expert in traditional beehives and as young as 15, I had already acquired these vital traditional skills. We learned to work the hard way without protective gear and using fire that killed the bees in order to harvest this honey”.
Kenya intensifies desert locust control measures in Turkana County
05/06/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified its desert locust control measures in Turkana County, through the issuance of six surveillance vehicles, three pickups mounted with sprayers, one helicopter, two spray airplanes and one fixed wing aircraft for surveillance operations along the Kenya-Uganda border.
FAO Director-General appeals to donors to scale up response and ease plight of farmers and fishers in Yemen
03/06/2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed to donors for $100 million in urgent aid to ease the plight of desperate farmers, herders, fishers and their families in Yemen.
A small act of kindness during COVID-19 helps Ecuadorian families in need
01/06/2020
When the local dairy supply centers closed because of the COVID-19 emergency, Alvaro Ramon, a cattle farmer and milk supplier in the Amazon region of Ecuador, was left with many gallons of milk and a spirit of solidarity.
Six Indonesian Disease Investigation Centres help accelerate COVID-19 testing
30/05/2020
As the COVID-19 epidemic rages on in Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia has increased the number of laboratories allowed to test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of coronavirus disease.
Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19
28/05/2020
FAO Representative in Somalia Etienne Peterschmitt discusses COVID-19 and its impacts on vulnerable groups and the UN agency's work.