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FAO announces its efficient water and irrigation project for sustainable use of resources
16/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) in the Syrian Arab Republic conducted an inception meeting to launch a project to improve monitoring of water resources, and water management/irrigation practices in the country.
Desert locusts ground surveillance intensified in Kenya
13/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today began training 300 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees at as part of its action plan aimed at boosting the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) ground surveillance on desert locusts.
United Arab Emirates helps Eritrea push back against desert locust upsurge
12/03/2020
FAO has welcomed a pledge of $1 million that will support an ongoing campaign in Eritrea to bring the numbers of desert locust there under control.
FAO thanks Sweden for backing East Africa desert locust response
12/03/2020
FAO has thanked the government of Sweden for its pledge of $4 million to combat the swarms of crop-devouring desert locusts in East Africa and provide livelihoods support to help affected families weather the crisis.
FAO leases aircraft and procures equipment to boost desert locust control operations in Ethiopia
11/03/2020
With funding support from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF) the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (UK DFID), MasterCard, the European Commission’s Directorate General International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has leased two aircraft and two helicopters to scale up the aerial desert locust control operations in Ethiopia.
Thanks to support from FAO and ECHO households affected by the farmer-herder conflict harvest life-saving meals in northeastern Nigeria
10/03/2020
A village where no one sleeps. Earthen homes mark the landscape of a village empty of the sound of children.
Rural women celebrate their achievements in Cox’s Bazar
10/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and other partners, celebrated the International Women’s Day through sharing stories of women changemakers on 10 March 2020 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Promoting agricultural livelihoods in Turkey through the Syrian refugee response
10/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Food Security and Agriculture (FSA) sector in Turkey, organized a workshop entitled: “Promoting agricultural livelihoods in the refugee response”.
Acute food insecurity hotspots need urgent attention
09/03/2020
While global attention has focused on the swarms of Desert Locusts attacking crops in East Africa, a number of other countries and regions are also confronting serious food security threats and require support, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Italy supports FAO’s campaign against desert locust in Eritrea
09/03/2020
Italy has pledged $410 000 for the ongoing campaign in East Africa aimed at controlling large infestations of the pernicious crop pest and limit damages to crops and pastures that millions of people in the region depend on.