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Japan boosts FAO’s efforts to reduce acute food insecurity of conflict and Covid-19 affected population in Yemen
10/02/2021
The Government of Japan contributed USD 2 090 909 to FAO to conduct emergency interventions in Yemen as part of its ongoing response in the country.

FAO strengthens desert locust surveillance and control capacity in Yemen
10/02/2021
FAO strengthens desert locust surveillance and control capacity in Yemen

La Belgique appuie la FAO pour anticiper les conséquences humanitaires des conflits en République démocratique du Congo
10/02/2021
Les conflits armés, l’insécurité généralisée et les catastrophes naturelles récurrentes associés aux effets de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19), font de la République démocratique du Congo la pire crise alimentaire au monde.

FAO and Japan’s food processing units empower rural women
09/02/2021
The crisis in Syria forced many rural women to become the only breadwinners for their families, which was a new experience for many of them.

Bibi’s garden of empowerment
09/02/2021
Women increase their income and improve their family’s food security and nutrition through kitchen gardening thanks to the support provided by FAO in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan

Joint communiqué on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in Somalia
08/02/2021
Joint Communique' on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in Somalia

FAO welcomes €40 million from Germany to help farmers withstand shocks like COVID-19 and extreme climate events
08/02/2021
Funds will contribute to building resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Yemen

Japan pledges new funding to FAO’s emergency operations in Afghanistan
01/02/2021
Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families

Contributing to fisheries and livestock value chains for inclusive and sustainable growth in Somalia
22/01/2021
FAO launches project to enhance food security by increasing job opportunities in the fisheries and livestock sectors
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UN agencies warn that COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific
21/01/2021
Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable