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27 October 2020
Afar – Mohammed Ali, 30, a pastoralist, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pasture for his cattle under scorching sunshine. He leads over 400 head of cattle from Ewa to Asayta Woreda in the Afar region. Although pastoralists like Mohammed are accustomed to making the annual 200 km trek in...
Afar – Mohammed Ali, 30, a pastoralist, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pasture for his cattle under scorching sunshine. He leads over 400 head of cattle from Ewa to Asayta Woreda in the Afar region. Although pastoralists like Mohammed are accustomed to making the annual 200 km trek in...
21 September 2020
Stress urgent need to scale up operations in the Afar Region During a field mission to Afar from 18 – 20 September 2020, Oumer Hussein, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture, Mandefro Nigussie State Minister of Agriculture, and Fatouma Seid, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative in Ethiopia...
Stress urgent need to scale up operations in the Afar Region During a field mission to Afar from 18 – 20 September 2020, Oumer Hussein, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture, Mandefro Nigussie State Minister of Agriculture, and Fatouma Seid, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative in Ethiopia...
22 July 2020
Targeted households to benefit from livestock feed, crop seeds, and cash transfers 22 July 2020, Addis Ababa - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a programme to safeguard and restore livelihoods of pastoral, agro-pastoral, and farming communities affected by Desert Locusts in Ethiopia. Over 70 000...
Targeted households to benefit from livestock feed, crop seeds, and cash transfers 22 July 2020, Addis Ababa - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a programme to safeguard and restore livelihoods of pastoral, agro-pastoral, and farming communities affected by Desert Locusts in Ethiopia. Over 70 000...
04 May 2020
Despite COVID-19 travel restrictions, three helicopters leased by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for Desert Locust control operations have arrived in Ethiopia. The pilots and crew also completed their mandatory quarantine and have been deployed in the field. The FAO Representative in Ethiopia, Ms. Fatouma Seid...
Despite COVID-19 travel restrictions, three helicopters leased by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for Desert Locust control operations have arrived in Ethiopia. The pilots and crew also completed their mandatory quarantine and have been deployed in the field. The FAO Representative in Ethiopia, Ms. Fatouma Seid...
13 April 2020
About one million individuals in Ethiopia have been affected by the Desert Locust invasion and require emergency food assistance. Of these, about 390 000 are in Somali, 360 000 in Oromia and Dire Dawa city (combined), 100 000 in Afar, 72 000 in Amhara, 43 000 in Tigray and 13...
About one million individuals in Ethiopia have been affected by the Desert Locust invasion and require emergency food assistance. Of these, about 390 000 are in Somali, 360 000 in Oromia and Dire Dawa city (combined), 100 000 in Afar, 72 000 in Amhara, 43 000 in Tigray and 13...
