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Democratic Republic of the Congo: anticipating the immediate consequences of conflict on agricultural livelihoods and food security
08/06/2021
The security context in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains of concern, causing repeated population displacements.
Anticipating the immediate consequences of conflict on agricultural livelihoods and food insecurity
08/06/2021
The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises showed that the number of people facing hunger is on the rise.
Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “staggering” FAO-WFP warn
06/04/2021
Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “staggering” FAO-WFP warn
La Belgique appuie la FAO pour anticiper les conséquences humanitaires des conflits en République démocratique du Congo
10/02/2021
Les conflits armés, l’insécurité généralisée et les catastrophes naturelles récurrentes associés aux effets de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19), font de la République démocratique du Congo la pire crise alimentaire au monde.
FAO welcomes €40 million from Germany to help farmers withstand shocks like COVID-19 and extreme climate events
08/02/2021
Funds will contribute to building resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Yemen
ISAVET training to strengthen the capacity of veterinarians in field epidemiology
22/12/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease Control (ECTAD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), conducted the first phase of the In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET).
La FAO et la Belgique au soutien des ménages agricoles en situation d’insécurité alimentaire touchés par la covid-19 (IN FRENCH)
20/11/2020
L’insécurité persistante et les conflits intercommunautaires, associés aux effets dévastateurs des catastrophes naturelles et de la pandémie de la covid-19, ont aggravé l’insécurité alimentaire en République démocratique du Congo.
Eastern Africa | IKEA Foundation contributes $3.5 million to support FAO's work with refugees and host communities
30/07/2020
Initiative seeks to increase self-reliance of vulnerable populations and lay the groundwork for increased agribusiness investment
CERF supports FAO in preventing and responding to the impact of COVID-19 on food security
29/04/2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is already directly affecting food systems through impacts on food supply and demand, and indirectly through the decreases in purchasing power, the capacity to produce and distribute food, and the intensification of care tasks all of which will more strongly affect poor and vulnerable populations.
Germany contributes EUR 50 million to strengthen resilience in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
04/03/2020
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through the German Development Bank KfW, has contributed EUR 50 million ($54 million) to a resilience building programme to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).