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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.
FAO stresses the importance of developing agricultural animal health institutions in Yemen
08/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the opening ceremony of the refresher training program organized by Yemen’s University of Sana'a through the College of Veterinary Medicine.
FAO welcomes USD 19 Million from the United States to fight locusts in East Africa
06/03/2020
The effort to stop ravenous swarms of desert locust attacking crops and pastures in East Africa has gotten another boost, thanks to a $19 million contribution from the United States. Early in the respond the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) made initial pledges of nearly $9M to support FAO's response, which it since increased by $10 million more.
Germany contributes EUR 50 million to strengthen resilience in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
04/03/2020
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through the German Development Bank KfW, has contributed EUR 50 million ($54 million) to a resilience building programme to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Ezingo project: joint support for the participation of young people in reconciliation efforts and promoting peace in the Central African Republic
04/03/2020
Funded by the United Nations Development Programme Multi-Partner Trust Fund, the Ezingo project represents a collective response by FAO together with other UN agencies - United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children’s Fund - to support the recovery of and empowerment of young people in the Central African Republic.