FAO in South Sudan

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22 February 2019
Nearly 7 million people in South Sudan could face acute food insecurity at the height of this lean season (May-July), three United Nations agencies warned today, urging for scaled-up humanitarian assistance and better access to humanitarian relief. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today in Juba by the...
30 January 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in South Sudan is contributing to the improvement of human and animal health through the construction of an animal slaughterhouse in the town of Torit. Meat hygiene is a major public health issue in South Sudan. For many years, people living...
04 December 2018
The Government of Norway has contributed NOK 42.3million (approx. USD 5 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood Response Programme in South Sudan. The funds are critical to supporting people to produce their own food, especially those who may be returning...
30 November 2018
The Kingdom of Netherlands has contributed an additional $5.5 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood and Resilience Programme in South Sudan. The Dutch Ambassador in Juba, Janet Alberda, and the FAO Representative a.i in South Sudan, Pierre Vauthier, signed the arrangement...
28 September 2018
Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean the annual lean season pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today. Some 6.1 million people faced...