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La FAO poursuit sa lutte contre les criquets pèlerins en Afrique de l’Est et au Yémen malgré les contraintes liées au COVID-19
09/04/2020
Plus de 240 000 hectares traités et 740 employés formés dans les pays affectés depuis janvier 2020
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).
Biopesticides for locust control
30/03/2020
East Africa is going through a massive desert locust infestation that’s stripping farming families of food and income and threatening the food security of millions throughout the region.
Once dry farm lands in the Syrian Arab Republic are productive again thanks to FAO’s rehabilitation of irrigation facilities
30/03/2020
“The dryness and unproductiveness of our lands made us feel poor. However, today we celebrate green lands after having enough water to plant.
Belgium and FAO support 5 000 vulnerable Nigerien agropastoral households to protect their livelihoods and improve their food security
23/03/2020
The Niger faces multiple shocks, such as the worsening insecurity and the impact of natural disasters, which exacerbate the country’s already fragile context.
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.
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.
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.