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16 January 2017
About 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are facing food and livelihoods insecurity, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts. Failed rains, rising debt, poor terms of trade for livestock owners, and low milk and meat production are affecting livestock holding households, while agropastoralists...
About 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are facing food and livelihoods insecurity, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts. Failed rains, rising debt, poor terms of trade for livestock owners, and low milk and meat production are affecting livestock holding households, while agropastoralists...
16 December 2016
The poor performance of the ongoing short rains in parts of Kenya has led to a significant risk of drought conditions in 2017, threatening the food security of some of the country’s most vulnerable people. The delayed onset and erratic nature of the current rains means critical pasture and water resources...
The poor performance of the ongoing short rains in parts of Kenya has led to a significant risk of drought conditions in 2017, threatening the food security of some of the country’s most vulnerable people. The delayed onset and erratic nature of the current rains means critical pasture and water resources...
03 December 2016
Over 100 international agriculture and food experts, including from 27 African countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss ways to boost agricultural mechanization for the benefit of smallholder farmers in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Farm mechanization has huge potential for increasing agricultural production and transforming rural families’ livelihoods by reducing...
Over 100 international agriculture and food experts, including from 27 African countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss ways to boost agricultural mechanization for the benefit of smallholder farmers in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Farm mechanization has huge potential for increasing agricultural production and transforming rural families’ livelihoods by reducing...
03 November 2016
One Health Day is a day of declaration and action to bring global attention to the crucial need and benefits of using transdisciplinary approaches to complex health challenges involving animals, people, and their shared ecosystems. Recent outbreaks of West Nile Virus, Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, SARS, Monkeypox, Mad Cow Disease and Avian Influenza...
One Health Day is a day of declaration and action to bring global attention to the crucial need and benefits of using transdisciplinary approaches to complex health challenges involving animals, people, and their shared ecosystems. Recent outbreaks of West Nile Virus, Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, SARS, Monkeypox, Mad Cow Disease and Avian Influenza...
16 October 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has urged African countries to upscale programmes meant to reach the 25 million farmers target that practice Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) to achieve continental food security by 2025 set by the African Union. Several countries have reported success stories as well...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has urged African countries to upscale programmes meant to reach the 25 million farmers target that practice Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) to achieve continental food security by 2025 set by the African Union. Several countries have reported success stories as well...
