FAO in Ethiopia

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25 February 2020
Cross-border swarm movements with Kenya and breeding continues Addis Ababa - The Government of Ethiopia is racing against time to control Desert Locusts as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture is scaling up aerial...
13 February 2020
FAO undertakes a review to inform the next phase of the Productive Safety Net Programme Addis Ababa - Stakeholders have advanced recommendations to inform the next phase of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP-5). The review of the 2015 – 2020 PSNP-4 graduation component that was undertaken by the Food and Agriculture...
06 February 2020
06 February 2020, Addis Ababa - In a joint communique,  the Government of Ethiopia, the European Union (EU), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlighted that collaborative efforts of stakeholders will be critical in sustaining the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) methodology in Ethiopia. Initially developed...
05 February 2020
Enables beneficiaries to meet their immediate needs and to kick-start productive activities 05 February 2020, Addis Ababa  - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided 4 500 drought-affected pastoral households in the Somali region with unconditional cash transfers to meet their immediate needs and invest in...
29 January 2020
Focus on potato, wheat, tomato, dairy, and live animals and red meat value chains 29 January 2020, Addis Ababa - As part of the strategy to ensure a reliable supply of raw materials to Ethiopia’s Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has handed over publications on strategic value chain analysis...