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East Africa
14/07/2017
Prevailing severe dry weather conditions, virtually since October 2016, have affected rangelands and crops in large parts of East Africa, causing a serious deterioration of food security conditions in the subregion. This Special Alert highlights the following major areas of [...]
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Preliminary findings
14/07/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a comprehensive study across regions to assess the benefit from applying disaster risk reduction (DRR) good practices in agriculture. The study identify practices that help to reduce the [...]
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11/07/2017
Tuesday 11 July 2017
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Join Farm Radio International next week for a webinar on their interactive radio programming for food security program funded by a TOPS Small Grant!
This webinar will be discussing how interactive radio programming can [...]
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Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
10/07/2017
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 [...]
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03/07/2017
Approximately 83 percent of the total area of Kenya is classified as arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) with most agricultural and pastoralist activities depending on rain in order to be sustainable. This makes the country vulnerable to extreme droughts. Climate [...]