Noticias
![La FAO appuie le Cameroun dans la lutte contre la chenille légionnaire d’automne](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_cameroon.jpg)
14 May 2018
Originaire d’Amérique, la chenille légionnaire d’automne « Spodoptera Frugiperda », est un insecte très vorace qui s’attaque à plusieurs cultures, notamment le maïs, le blé, le millet, le riz nourritures de base des populations. La propagation de ce ravageur représente une réelle menace pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des populations. Au Cameroun, la chenille légionnaire d’automne a été signalée dans toutes les...10 May 2018
The first National Coordination Council on land degradation and desertification, with up to 100 experts from the Government of Ukraine, regional state administrations and international organizations, opened here last week. All the participants agreed on a joint approach to contain runaway land degradation, which has been threatening national food and water supplies in the country.![Fiji partners with FAO and the European Union to build resilient and food secure communities](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Fiji.jpg)
18 Apr 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Fiji have agreed to collaborate on a project to strengthen the resilience of communities vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change.05 Apr 2018
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 500 000 to fight the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and fall armyworm (FAW) in the Republic of Zimbabwe. The project, being rolled out...![FAO helps Ukrainian farmers get prepared for the next planting season](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Seed_Donetsk.jpg)
27 Mar 2018
Some 1 250 rural households residing along the contact line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine are receiving seed potatoes this week from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This is the second round of FAO’s vegetable seed distribution aimed at helping farmers get ready for the planting campaign now under way in eastern Ukraine.26 Mar 2018
A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government.![FAO Egypt launches water management and irrigation project in collaboration with MWRI and MALR](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_egypt.jpg)
24 Mar 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), has launched the project “Support sustainable water management and irrigation modernization for newly reclaimed areas”.![FAO signs two Partnerships at Khalifa Awards](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_PO_UAE_201803190018.jpg)
19 Mar 2018
On the side of the 10th Session of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIADPAI) and the 6th International Date Palm Conference, FAO has renewed two important partnerships in the region to support local date palm production.![Saudi Arabia contributes $2 million to FAO efforts to fight Red Palm Weevil](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_1_saudi arabia.jpg)
15 Mar 2018
Saudi Arabia will provide a new $2 million contribution to support FAO’s global efforts to eradicate Red Palm Weevil one of the world’s most invasive pest species.