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FAO and WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
06/06/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic
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Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up
13/03/2022
Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP Press Release
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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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Yemen: FAO and Kuwait collaborate to enhance the resilience of vulnerable farmers through improving their access to water resources
18/10/2021
Zahr Haidar is a farmer and a mother of six children from Khanfar District in Abyan Governorate
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Yemen: FAO and the World Bank collaborate to restore lost hopes and agricultural livelihoods in flood-affected areas
04/10/2021
Abdurrahman Hassan Farhan Gird is a 27 year old farmer and a father of two from Wadi Nakhlah, Maqbana District in Taiz Governorate of Yemen
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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
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FAO and World Bank continue support to Desert Locust surveillance and control operations in Yemen
27/09/2021
A renewed Desert Locust control campaign has been launched in the Yemeni governorates of Lahj
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Scaling up Yemen's fight against animal disease outbreaks
04/08/2021
FAO completes large-scale livestock vaccination and treatment campaign to shield the livelihoods of over 36 000 livestock-dependent households.
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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.