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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.
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
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
Starvation and hunger-related deaths a reality amid worsening food crises, says FAO
04/10/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu tells High-Level UN Event on famine that livelihoods assistance must be prioritized
Emergency livelihood support for conflict-affected communities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
06/07/2021
The ongoing conflict in Tigray has led to a humanitarian crisis characterized by alarmingly high levels of food insecurity, gender-based violence, widespread displacement, limited access to services, and the destruction of the local economy.
Supporting countries to better prepare and respond to zoonotic diseases: reflections from the Tripartite
06/07/2021
Technical officers from the Tripartite Organizations: (FAO, OIE and WHO), discuss zoonotic diseases.
UN agencies concerned by looming famine in northern Ethiopia call for urgent life-saving action to avert it
10/06/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia.
FAO launches programme to restore agricultural livelihoods of communities affected by conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region
14/05/2021
Interventions to enable farmers and pastoralists to resume agricultural production
FAO welcomes Canada’s $2 million to safeguard agricultural livelihoods affected by COVID-19 and desert locusts in Ethiopia
11/05/2021
The project is being implemented in Afar and Somali regions, benefiting over 21 000 pastoral and agro-pastoral households.
Signs of hope in East Africa as control campaign tames locust upsurge
12/04/2021
But FAO calls for increased surveillance to lock in gains, prevent a resurgence