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Fiji | Belgium supports vulnerable households and farmers affected by Tropical Cyclone Harold
17/07/2020
By targeting affected vulnerable communities, the project aims to strengthen farmers’ capacity to become resilient to future shocks.
Rising uncertainties from COVID-19 cloud medium-term agricultural prospects
16/07/2020
According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029, the pandemic is expected to depress demand in the next few years and could further undermine food security.
Renewed support from Canada to battle desert locusts in East Africa
16/07/2020
FAO thanks the Canadian government for consistent backing of efforts to contain the desert locust upsurge
_kurigram_web_thumb.tmb-th600x400.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b8dc1f45_1 "13 July 2020, Kurigram district, Bangladesh Women receive dignity kits from UNFPA, distributed by CARE Bangladesh and local partners. ©UNFPA")
Bangladesh | UN helps monsoon-affected river communities before peak flooding hits
15/07/2020
Release is the fastest funding allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund in UN history
FAO launches new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme outlining seven key priority areas
14/07/2020
The UN Agency also calls for joint coordinated global response to support food and agriculture
Syrian Arab Republic: FAO supports the global animal health campaign to eradicate peste des petits ruminants
09/07/2020
Animals are a source of both a food, and a source of livelihood in the Syrian Arab Republic.
FAO welcomes additional €15 million from the European Union to fight Desert Locusts and their impacts on food security
08/07/2020
Sustained support critical as new swarms threaten East Africa, Yemen and southwestern Asia.
Haiti: Belgium supports vulnerable households affected by COVID-19 (in French)
07/07/2020
Il est essentiel de fournir une action précoce pour préserver les moyens d’existence des ménages vulnérables touchés par la pandémie de la covid-19 en Haïti.
Bangladesh | FAO provides rice seed to thousands of farmers affected by COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan
03/07/2020
FAO, in partnership with the Department of Agricultural Extension, has distributed rice seed to 24 000 farmers in Cox’s Bazar in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and last month’s super cyclone.
Sierra Leone: Belgium supports anticipatory actions against the secondary impacts of COVID-19
02/07/2020
Implementing anticipatory actions to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on food supply chains and safeguard the livelihoods and food security of vulnerable farming families.