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More than 3 million people facing acute food insecurity as Burkina Faso grapples with COVID-19 and conflict
21/08/2020
Urgent and sustained action is needed to address worsening food and nutrition insecurity in Burkina Faso, say the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), citing alarming new data.
South Sudan | Returning to help build a better future for her country
18/08/2020
Having once fled civil war, RealLifeHero and returnee Ritah Alfred is working for FAO to support livelihoods for her fellow citizens
COVID-19 | 2020 humanitarian response
17/08/2020
FAO’s component of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19
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Building climate resilience in Southern Africa
12/08/2020
A newly launched FAO project is aimed at strengthening partnerships to bring conservation agriculture to farmers across Southern Africa
Turkey | FAO promotes Farmer Field Schools to create employment opportunities for Syrian and Turkish farmers
12/08/2020
A training-of-trainers programme was launched today for 13 selected facilitators coming from Turkey’s four provinces.
Teaming up to defend against locusts
12/08/2020
In West Africa, countries are sharing pesticides and other supplies, rather than overstocking
Myanmar: FAO provides cash support along with agricultural inputs to vulnerable farmers
11/08/2020
The implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among vulnerable farming communities in central and northern Rakhine State, Myanmar are distressing enough without adding the impacts of the protracted conflict, which have severely disrupted agricultural production, reduced access to food due to insecurity, and have resulted in substantial displacement.
Bangladesh | Striking before disaster does
07/08/2020
As floods threaten the nation, FAO teams up with UN allies in anticipatory action
Turkey | FAO and Japan support Syrian refugees and Turkish host communities in starting agribusinesses
05/08/2020
Field activities have kicked-off with precautionary measures against COVID-19
Anticipatory action for COVID-19: building systems that protect livelihoods throughout a pandemic
05/08/2020
The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere are they felt harder than in countries already struggling with food security.