FAO in South Sudan

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05 December 2019
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is contributing a total to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for resiliency programming under the overall framework of the Partnership for Recovery and Resilience (PfRR). The fundnig covers three separate projects implemented by FAO. Under the multi-donor Emergency Livelihoods and Resilience...
05 December 2019
Thanks to funding from the Government of Japan, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in the Republic of South Sudan has launched the nation’s first-ever Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The laboratory will contribute towards the diagnosis, reporting,...
16 October 2019
Yambio: The United Nations has called for action across sectors to make healthy diets affordable and accessible to everyone in South Sudan. Joining the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in celebrating World Food Day, which falls annually on 16 October, three UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the...
07 October 2019
Joint Press Release - The UN agencies Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme, are launching a series of events over the upcoming week under the umbrella of “a healthy diet”. The events will promote healthy diets, locally produced nutritious food and...
11 September 2019
In spite of a slight improvement in the food security situation since June 2019, more than half the population of South Sudan – some 6.35 million people – do not know where their next meal will come from, three United Nations agencies warned today. According to an Integrated Food Security Phase...