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21 August 2020
Prosopis juliflora is a thorny, dominant and thirsty tree species that has invaded the main grazing areas in many countries in the Horn of Africa (HoA), posing a major threat to rural livelihoods. The scale of Prosopis expansion is dramatic in the region, e.g. more than one million hectares in both Kenya and Ethiopia, respectively....
Prosopis juliflora is a thorny, dominant and thirsty tree species that has invaded the main grazing areas in many countries in the Horn of Africa (HoA), posing a major threat to rural livelihoods. The scale of Prosopis expansion is dramatic in the region, e.g. more than one million hectares in both Kenya and Ethiopia, respectively....
19 June 2020
In late January, while FAO was launching its annual livestock vaccination and treatment campaign with various government institutions across Somalia, nobody could imagine the rollercoaster of a year that 2020 would become. COVID-19, floods and insecurity were unknowingly set to complicate the implementation of this animal health campaign, while the country was on the cusp of...
In late January, while FAO was launching its annual livestock vaccination and treatment campaign with various government institutions across Somalia, nobody could imagine the rollercoaster of a year that 2020 would become. COVID-19, floods and insecurity were unknowingly set to complicate the implementation of this animal health campaign, while the country was on the cusp of...
21 March 2018
In Somalia massive livestock deaths due to drought - 60 per cent of herds in some areas - have severely damaged pastoralists' livelihoods. The livestock losses threaten to exacerbate the country's food security situation, which remains critical in the central and northern pastoral areas, FAO warned today. With forecasts pointing to...
In Somalia massive livestock deaths due to drought - 60 per cent of herds in some areas - have severely damaged pastoralists' livelihoods. The livestock losses threaten to exacerbate the country's food security situation, which remains critical in the central and northern pastoral areas, FAO warned today. With forecasts pointing to...
09 October 2017
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic growth in developing countries But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in...
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic growth in developing countries But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in...
31 August 2017
With 3.1 million people facing crisis and emergency, acute food insecurity persists in Somalia Acute malnutrition increases and risk of famine continues An estimated 3.1 million people, 25 percent of the population, are expected to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4) through December. The Gu (April-June) cereal harvest...
With 3.1 million people facing crisis and emergency, acute food insecurity persists in Somalia Acute malnutrition increases and risk of famine continues An estimated 3.1 million people, 25 percent of the population, are expected to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4) through December. The Gu (April-June) cereal harvest...