Erratic rains and an intense dry period in January lowers 2018 cereal production prospects in Southern Africa. Highlights: Erratic precipitation and well below-average rains in January have lowered Southern Africa’s overall 2018 cereal production prospects. Current national maize stocks are forecast at above-average [...]

Research and  webinar lead by Tufts University's Feinstein International Center and sponsored by USAID Center for Resilience. Date: Thursday 22 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) Despite global improvements in malnutrition and under-five mortality child Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) continues to be an [...]

From March 2014 to March 2015, households in two areas of Ethiopia chosen as sites of the PRIME project’s impact evaluation, Borena and Jijiga, experienced unusually severe drought. Using baseline data (December 2013) and Recurrent Monitoring Survey data (collected monthly [...]

The latest issue of the FPMA (Food Price Monitoring and Analysis) Bulletin FAO/GIEWS monthly report has been released. The monthly FPMA Bulletin reports food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are [...]

Date: Wednesday 14 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) FAO’s Strategic Programme 2 (SP2) identified the Global Farmer Field School Platform as one of its global knowledge products over the 2018-19 biennium.  The seminar on February 14th 2018 launching the global FFS platform, [...]