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Northeastern Nigeria | Safeguarding livestock production in Borno State
27/10/2020
In a bid to safeguard livestock production among vulnerable pastoralists in northeast Nigeria, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supported the establishment of Community-based Animal Health Workers (CBAHWs) in Borno State.
Ethiopia | A new generation of desert locusts; flooding and COVID-19 threaten food security
27/10/2020
Mohammed Ali, 30, a pastoralist, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pasture for his cattle under scorching sunshine.
African countries convene at UN FAO conference to plan way out of hunger crisis
26/10/2020
First virtual FAO Regional Conference for Africa begins
Somalia: Mobile money transfers give Somali farmers a one-up on the climate
22/10/2020
Cash+ helps farmers in Somalia through the lean season
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Bangladesh | FAO and Rohingya refugees restore forests in and around once barren camps
22/10/2020
The degradation of land within and near the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, was a crisis within a crisis, but FAO has been at the forefront of planting millions of trees with help from the refugees themselves.
Turkey: FAO supports Syrians and local farmers through Farmer Field Schools
22/10/2020
An inauguration ceremony was held to launch a Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) initiative to support Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs), refugees and Turkish citizens improve their knowledge and skills on modern agricultural technologies and practices.
_thumb.tmb-th600x400.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=46e883fd_1 "By Khalid Saeed, Livestock Sector Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO")
Food and nutrition security in times of drought is key to achieving peace in the Horn of Africa
21/10/2020
Over the past five decades, the Horn of Africa has seen a continuous stream of both natural and man-made shocks. Combined with poor governance of land and other natural resources, as well as long-term economic and demographic trends, these shocks alongside conflict have challenged even the most resilient dryland livelihood systems.
The invasive prosopis tree: turning a livelihood menace into a source of income in Somaliland
20/10/2020
Safeguarding agricultural and pastoralist livelihoods by transforming a longstanding threat into a sustainable resource for women and youth
RCCE for COVID-19 prevention Webinar I - Addressing gendered impacts of COVID-19: Experiences from Pakistan
19/10/2020
This webinar is made possible by the support provided by the European Union, under the Partnership Programme contributing to the Global Network Against Food Crises, and the American People through the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Sensitizing Pakistan’s female breadwinners to the risks of COVID-19 — via WhatsApp
16/10/2020
Until the outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan, many families living within Muzaffargarh, an arid district in the eastern province of Punjab, kept cows and goats as dairy livestock.