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Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats: first floods and then desert locusts
18/12/2020
“My life depends on farming. My resource is farming, and my family sustains itself with what we farm,” says Ali Mahamud Rubaax, a farmer based in Dharkeynley village, Beletweyne district, central Somalia.
Desert Locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts
16/12/2020
A new generation of desert locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
Emergency assistance to indigenous peoples affected by COVID-19 in Cesar and La Guajira departments
16/12/2020
Colombia hosts the highest number of migrants from Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in the region, with nearly 1.8 million people.
FAO mitigating threat of foot-and-mouth disease in West Africa
15/12/2020
United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency funded regional training of national epidemiology and laboratory officers on foot-and-mouth disease field outbreak investigations and laboratory diagnosis
Cyclone Gati could worsen current desert locust infestations in Somaliland
10/12/2020
Following the Horn of Africa’s strongest storm ever, resource partners visit ongoing desert locust survey and control operations in affected areas
FAO calls for anticipatory action in support of agriculture to give relief and hope to households in crises
08/12/2020
Director-General spoke at UN Central Emergency Response Fund annual pledging event
Afghanistan: A canal to peace and improved livelihoods. Restoration of occupied irrigation infrastructure
06/12/2020
Since 2016, Kotwal village in Chinarto district of Uruzgan province is facing severe security challenges constraining any kind of humanitarian assistance including strict movement restrictions for all civilians’ activities.
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Senegal | FAO promotes pioneering initiative to help tackle antimicrobial resistance
03/12/2020
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat of increasing concern to human, animal, plant and environmental health.
Window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing; UN agencies warn
03/12/2020
Levels of hunger reach record levels, requiring urgent action
Philippines | Emergency assistance to safeguard food security and livelihoods of vulnerable farmers and fishers in Catanduanes Province affected by Super Typhoon Goni
03/12/2020
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. It is at risk to typhoons as well as other hazards, including earthquakes, drought, flooding, volcanic eruptions and food chain crises.