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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.

Alors que l’insécurité alimentaire aiguë atteint de nouveaux sommets, les secours aux affamés sont bloqués par les balles, les formalités administratives et le manque de financement – la FAO et le PAM tirent la sonnette d’alarme
30/07/2021
Dans un nouveau rapport publié aujourd’hui (en anglais), l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) tirent la sonnette d’alarme: les efforts déployés face à la recrudescence de l’insécurité alimentaire aiguë dans le monde sont entravés dans plusieurs pays par des conflits et des blocages qui empêchent l’arrivée de l’aide vitale dont ont besoin les familles au bord de la famine.

Building resilience against agro-terrorism and agro-crime threats to animal health
30/07/2021
Agro-terrorism and agro-crime constitute a considerable threat to animal health, the economy, biodiversity, food security and safety, and public health.

Canadá apoyará con US $6.5 millones a pequeños productores de Bolivia Honduras Nicaragua y Perú impactados por la pandemia
30/07/2021
Fondos irán al Programa de la FAO para Respuesta y Recuperación al COVID-19, que impulsará la resiliencia de pequeños productores, especialmente mujeres, jóvenes y pueblos indígenas, beneficiando a 48 mil personas en los 4 países.

Anticipatory actions to safeguard the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable farmers and herders in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
28/07/2021
One of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate-related threats, Central America’s Dry Corridor has been directly impacted by climate change over the last 20 years.