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21 July 2017
Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise The most affected areas, which received less than half of their...
Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise The most affected areas, which received less than half of their...
07 June 2017
Series of trainings aims to spread know-how, enhance livelihoods in coastal communities Bosaso, Puntland - Equipped with new skills and knowledge, a first group of local fishermen here are now fanning out into their home communities to organize local fisheries capacity-building sessions – part of a broad EU-backed, FAO-led effort to unlock...
Series of trainings aims to spread know-how, enhance livelihoods in coastal communities Bosaso, Puntland - Equipped with new skills and knowledge, a first group of local fishermen here are now fanning out into their home communities to organize local fisheries capacity-building sessions – part of a broad EU-backed, FAO-led effort to unlock...
02 June 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pushing forward with a massive campaign that has so far treated more than 12 million animals in less than three months, protecting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of families who rely on their livestock's meat and milk for...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pushing forward with a massive campaign that has so far treated more than 12 million animals in less than three months, protecting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of families who rely on their livestock's meat and milk for...
24 May 2017
New assessment underscores growing scale of need A large-scale humanitarian response has so far managed to hold the line against famine in Somalia via a combination of interventions – including rural livelihoods support and cash-transfers being delivered by FAO. But the cumulative effective of an extended drought and failed harvests over multiple...
New assessment underscores growing scale of need A large-scale humanitarian response has so far managed to hold the line against famine in Somalia via a combination of interventions – including rural livelihoods support and cash-transfers being delivered by FAO. But the cumulative effective of an extended drought and failed harvests over multiple...
22 May 2017
21 March, Rome/New York - FAO is further scaling up its activities in drought affected regions of Somalia thanks to a $22 million loan approved this week by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which complements the loans already provided by FAO's Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation...
21 March, Rome/New York - FAO is further scaling up its activities in drought affected regions of Somalia thanks to a $22 million loan approved this week by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which complements the loans already provided by FAO's Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation...