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Acting ahead of crises should become the new normal
10/09/2021
FAO aims to protect vulnerable populations from disasters before they strike
FAO calls for a greater focus on heading off food crises before they strike
10/09/2021
Acting before shocks hit, instead of after disaster unfolds, is a more cost-effective humani-tarian approach, agency tells UN General Assembly event
FAO and USAID work with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire to contain avian influenza
09/09/2021
From 19 to 21 August 2021, joint emergency missions were deployed by the Ministries of Animal Resources, Environment and Water and Forests, FAO and Health Protection Groups for the surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in migratory bird resting areas and live poultry markets
First post quake assessment in Haiti finds hunger spike in affected areas
09/09/2021
Restoring damaged agriculture the only path to recovery, improved food security - FAO
One Health approach and intensified collaboration needed to prevent and respond to pandemics
05/09/2021
Speaking as current chair of the Tripartite (FAO, OIE and WHO) for One Health, QU Dongyu calls for G20 countries to step-up coordinated action against COVID-19 at Health Ministers Meeting in Rome
Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan
28/08/2021
FAO calls for urgent humanitarian assistance for the winter wheat season
FAO provides cash plus livestock and agriculture packages to cushion vulnerable households from the desert locust invasion
05/08/2021
The desert locust invasion in Somalia has significantly affected the country’s food security, with successive generations of swarms destroying vital crops and pastures
FAO Myanmar supports vulnerable conflict- and COVID-19 - affected farmers in Rakhine State with urgent food security and livelihood needs
05/08/2021
Rakhine State is one of the poorest states in Myanmar, with over 40 percent of its households food insecure, more than half of whom are moderately or severely food insecure.
Scaling up Yemen's fight against animal disease outbreaks
04/08/2021
FAO completes large-scale livestock vaccination and treatment campaign to shield the livelihoods of over 36 000 livestock-dependent households.
Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.