FAO in Ethiopia

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30 May 2017
In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other development partners, the Government of Ethiopia has intensified efforts to protect major maize growing areas from the ravage of the fall armyworm. 
26 May 2017
In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ethiopian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF) conducted a national workshop to validate the national peste des petits ruminants (PPR) control and eradication strategy that aims to align the national PPR control and eradication initiatives with...
08 May 2017
Concrete solutions underline centrality of livestock to sustainable development. 08 May 2017, Addis Ababa - The 7th multi-stakeholder partnership meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) brings together more than 250 livestock specialists from over 50 countries to demonstrate the positive contribution of livestock to the lives and wellbeing...
19 April 2017
Reducing postharvest losses have a significant impact on food security.  Ethiopian farmers lose on average 30 percent of their food crops during and after harvest. Crop losses occur at each stage of value chain of the crops in which a farmer is directly involved from harvest to consumption or market. Postharvest...
03 March 2017
Second steering committee calls on Action Against Desertification to step up restoration and resource mobilisation. Ouagadougou, 03 March 2017 – It is time to upscale restoration across drylands in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, experts concluded after meeting in Burkina Faso to take stock of progress made by Action...