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South Sudan: Cash for seeds brings new hope to Santa and 12 000 vulnerable farmers in Magwi
25/08/2020
Santa Angwech David, 23 years old, lives in Magwi, near the South Sudanese border with Kenya.
Myanmar | Strengthening early warning early action capacity
25/08/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the capacity of technical staff from the Department of Agriculture on Early Warning Early Action interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of climate driven disaster.
Myanmar | FAO supports veterinary services with virtual capacity building for a lumpy skin disease risk assessment
24/08/2020
Under COVID-19 restrictions, FAO’s Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health provided virtual support to Myanmar to develop its LSD preparedness
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.