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Kenya intensifies desert locust control measures in Turkana County
05/06/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified its desert locust control measures in Turkana County, through the issuance of six surveillance vehicles, three pickups mounted with sprayers, one helicopter, two spray airplanes and one fixed wing aircraft for surveillance operations along the Kenya-Uganda border.
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Modern practices and an expanded market: the success of Mborisa beekeepers in South Sudan
05/06/2020
“My father used to harvest wild honey from anthills and trees; he was an expert in traditional beehives and as young as 15, I had already acquired these vital traditional skills. We learned to work the hard way without protective gear and using fire that killed the bees in order to harvest this honey”.
FAO Director-General appeals to donors to scale up response and ease plight of farmers and fishers in Yemen
03/06/2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed to donors for $100 million in urgent aid to ease the plight of desperate farmers, herders, fishers and their families in Yemen.
A small act of kindness during COVID-19 helps Ecuadorian families in need
01/06/2020
When the local dairy supply centers closed because of the COVID-19 emergency, Alvaro Ramon, a cattle farmer and milk supplier in the Amazon region of Ecuador, was left with many gallons of milk and a spirit of solidarity.
Six Indonesian Disease Investigation Centres help accelerate COVID-19 testing
30/05/2020
As the COVID-19 epidemic rages on in Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia has increased the number of laboratories allowed to test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of coronavirus disease.
Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19
28/05/2020
FAO Representative in Somalia Etienne Peterschmitt discusses COVID-19 and its impacts on vulnerable groups and the UN agency's work.
Responding creatively to crises with non-traditional farming
27/05/2020
Rehman produces okra, gourds, melons and tomatoes in the two tunnel garden units he built in the back yard of his home in Aka Khel, a town in one of Pakistan’s most food-insecure regions.
Enhancing food diversity in the midst of a climate crisis: How plant genetic material ensures future food security
22/05/2020
Throughout history 6 000 – 7 000 plant species have been cultivated for food. Yet today 40 percent of our daily calories come from just three crops: rice, wheat and maize.
FAO Director-General says the fight against desert locusts will take time despite significant control gains
22/05/2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has warned that efforts to control desert locusts will take time, noting increased concern for the Sahel and Southwest Asia is adding to the burden of efforts ongoing in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.
Belgium supports FAO in the rapid recovery of vulnerable households’ livelihoods in Mali during COVID-19
19/05/2020
In Mali, the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported on 25 March 2020 in a context of growing insecurity and when the Government had just declared a food security and nutrition emergency, for which it requested support from its international partners especially in view of last year’s poor crop production results