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Promoting longer-term approaches in protracted crises: Perspectives from across the nexus
25/05/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Development Initiatives (DI), and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) hosted a roundtable to discuss ways to meet the longer-term needs of crisis-affected populations more effectively.
New funding from the Government of France will boost FAO’s flood response in Somalia
25/05/2021
Funding comes at a crucial time for emergency flood response efforts
Belgium supports Lebanon in the surveillance and control of desert locust
24/05/2021
In mid-April 2021, Lebanon faced an unexpected desert locust incursion, which crossed the border from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Providing emergency support for vulnerable farmers against desert locust
21/05/2021
Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, Syrian farmers have struggled to access the basic needs and tools to sustain their production activities, such as quality inputs, water for irrigation, operational infrastructure and pesticides.
Fishing town restored after Somalia’s most ‘fearsome’ storm
19/05/2021
Coastal communities in Hafun recover from the aftermath of Cyclone Gati
Half of the population in the Central African Republic in the grip of dire food insecurity emergency UN warns
19/05/2021
Acute food insecurity on the rise as the Central African Republic reels from impacts of conflict and COVID-19
FAO in Bangladesh provides food carts to vulnerable people in Haor wetland communities
17/05/2021
FAO and the Government of Japan have provided emergency assistance to highly vulnerable Haor wetland communities in Bangladesh affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
FAO launches programme to restore agricultural livelihoods of communities affected by conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region
14/05/2021
Interventions to enable farmers and pastoralists to resume agricultural production
EU contribution of €8 million will strengthen gains in desert locust fight
13/05/2021
FAO welcomes new allocation to aid surveillance and control in the Horn of Africa
Tools and training with ‘mobile money’ help restore livelihoods in Somalia
13/05/2021
FAO’s growing Cash+ programme helps farmers, pastoralists and fisherfolk build their own resources for resilience to future shocks to food security.