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29 August 2016
CARD Steering Committee meets to chart next phase of the partnership on riceRice production in Africa has increased by 74% against the baseline and by 2018 the eventual target will be 28 million metric tons, with Nigeria and Tanzania as the major producing countries.
CARD Steering Committee meets to chart next phase of the partnership on riceRice production in Africa has increased by 74% against the baseline and by 2018 the eventual target will be 28 million metric tons, with Nigeria and Tanzania as the major producing countries.
27 August 2016
Food security and agriculture have an essential role to play in preventing conflicts and crises on the African continent, blunting their impacts and acting as engines for post-crisis recovery. This was the central message of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva to African leaders and international development actors gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, today...
Food security and agriculture have an essential role to play in preventing conflicts and crises on the African continent, blunting their impacts and acting as engines for post-crisis recovery. This was the central message of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva to African leaders and international development actors gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, today...
26 August 2016
Global trends show that during the past years a great progress has been made in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, however there is still an unacceptably large number of people lacking the necessary food for a healthy and active life. The prevalence of undernourishment in the Sub-Saharan Africa has...
Global trends show that during the past years a great progress has been made in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, however there is still an unacceptably large number of people lacking the necessary food for a healthy and active life. The prevalence of undernourishment in the Sub-Saharan Africa has...
02 August 2016
FAO Special Ambassador Zero Hunger Europe, Carlo Petrini, met with Gabriel Rugalema, FAO Representative in Kenya, as part of his visit to the country (1-5 August 2016). He called on joining forces towards the provision of good, clean and fair food, while growing Kenya's Ark of Taste Project.
FAO Special Ambassador Zero Hunger Europe, Carlo Petrini, met with Gabriel Rugalema, FAO Representative in Kenya, as part of his visit to the country (1-5 August 2016). He called on joining forces towards the provision of good, clean and fair food, while growing Kenya's Ark of Taste Project.
22 July 2016
Smallholders and family farmers at the centre of action Nairobi – Kenya is one of the ninety-five commodity-dependent developing countries in Africa where at least forty-five countries fall in the same category. Decreasing demand for commodities from emerging economies and adapting to the current global low prices is one of the...
Smallholders and family farmers at the centre of action Nairobi – Kenya is one of the ninety-five commodity-dependent developing countries in Africa where at least forty-five countries fall in the same category. Decreasing demand for commodities from emerging economies and adapting to the current global low prices is one of the...
