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FAO welcomes Russian Federation’s $10 million donation to support fight against desert locusts in East Africa
28/04/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has thanked the Russian Federation for boosting the fight against the desert locust outbreak in East Africa by making a $10 million contribution to support FAO operations in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda.
FAO steps up efforts to revive livelihoods and food security in Pakistan’s Sindh Province amid COVID-19 outbreak
22/04/2020
The livelihoods of millions of family farmers in Pakistan have been affected by a series of natural hazards in the last 14 months and now stand to be devastated by the spread of COVID-19, but action is underway to help them, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
Somalia and FAO strengthen cooperation to curb the spread of desert locust
20/04/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Somalia have recently strengthened their partnership to scale up local capacities, surveillance and control operations to combat the desert locust upsurge.
FAO welcomes $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to fight desert locusts in East Africa
20/04/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to step up the fight against the desert locust outbreak in East Africa amid concern about an imminent upsurge in numbers.
In East Africa: a race to outsmart locusts with drones and data
14/04/2020
While the eyes of the world are on the novel coronavirus, East Africa continues to struggle with another crisis of biblical proportions: growing swarms of ravenous locusts.
FAO continues to support vulnerable farmers in the Syrian Arab Republic carry out agricultural activities safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
14/04/2020
As part of the programme to enhance the livelihood opportunities of smallholders, FAO Syria has been assisting 700 producers in the country to improve the quality and quantity of their vegetable production through nurseries that utilize low tunnels to produce seedlings, which will ultimately be transplanted in fields.
Ethiopia: 1 million in need of urgent food assistance due to desert locust invasion
13/04/2020
An estimated one million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food assistance due to the ongoing desert locust invasion, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned.
FAO continues to fight Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen despite COVID-19 constraints
09/04/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is continuing its efforts to contain the desert locust upsurge in East Africa despite restrictions on the movement of personnel and equipment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Our hungriest and most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”
07/04/2020
Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges COVID-19 poses in vulnerable communities already coping with high levels of hunger due to pre-existing crises -- and how the Organization is gearing up to help.
Kenya receives 10 vehicles mounted with sprayers
31/03/2020
Kenya government received 10 pickups mounted with sprayers from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).