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FAO appeals for urgent support to fight worsening Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa
30/01/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today the Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa threatened to provoke a humanitarian crisis and appealed for urgent funding to tackle the outbreak in order to protect livelihoods and food security.
Mitigating the effects of the crisis in Burkina Faso’s Centre North and Sahel region
30/01/2020
At the end of 2019, a number of vulnerable households in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region received small ruminants, animal feed and seeds from FAO. Among the beneficiaries of Dori was Ms Haoua Boubacar whose livelihood improved thanks to the support received.
UN releases USD10 million in rapid support for Desert Locust campaign in East Africa
24/01/2020
The United Nations’ (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released USD 10 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support a rapid scale-up of control operations aimed at containing the spread of Desert Locust swarms in East Africa.
Desert Locusts spread to new areas in Ethiopia
20/01/2020
Despite control efforts, Desert Locusts are spreading to new areas of Ethiopia in vast numbers.
Massive border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa
20/01/2020
Desert Locust swarms in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia - already unprecedented in their size and destructive potential - could swell exponentially and spill over into more countries in East Africa if efforts to deal with the voracious pest are not massively scaled up across the region, FAO warned today.
FAO and OCHA support 9 400 vulnerable farmers in northeast Syria to improve wheat production
15/01/2020
Farming communities in northeast Syria were hit hard due to cumulative impact of eight years of crisis and changing climate.
Solar powered water pumps help Yemeni farmers restore their agricultural livelihoods
13/01/2020
“I am a farmer, and agriculture is my life. One of my biggest challenges was access to water. I grow carrots, potatoes, radish, watercress, onion, parsley, and garden mint.
FAO launches Smallholder Support Programme to improve business-oriented agricultural skills for youth and women
10/01/2020
The launch of a training series by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support agricultural entrepreneurship in the Syrian Arab Republic, through its Smallholder Support Programme (SSP), will boost the ability of rural youth and women to develop their businesses, achieve a viable income and improve their livelihoods.
Building up new lives and livelihoods out of destruction
10/01/2020
Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has hard hit the families in the country. Family members have been lost, homes and belongings left behind. Food and agriculture practices passed on for generations have been abandoned.
Tackling food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria
02/01/2020
In light of recent food security analyses that indicate a growing number of people at risk of food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria, FAO is supporting vulnerable smallholders in the region to produce their own food.