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Belgium and FAO support the Government of Haiti to improve the livelihoods of drought-affected households in the North-East
18/02/2020
Between 2018 and the first half of 2019, Haiti experienced a long period of drought due to the El Niño phenomenon. As a result, agricultural production decreased by at least 12 percent compared with the previous year, which was already lower than the general average production rate.
UN launch initiative to improve environment and livelihoods and energy supply in Cox's Bazar
16/02/2020
Three United Nations (UN) agencies have launched the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy Plus Livelihoods (SAFE Plus) project in Dhaka alongside the Government of Bangladesh to mitigate deforestation and improve livelihood opportunities in Cox’s Bazar.
New FAO project to provide urgent support to flood victims in Rwanda
12/02/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda has launched a new project to support farmers severely affected by last year’s floods in the Kirehe district.
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Strengthening social cohesion among communities in the Central African Republic and Chad through sustainable management of cross-border transhumance
11/02/2020
Transhumance in the Sahel region is characterized by ancestral practices, and represents socio-cultural and economic exchanges between populations of bordering countries.
The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund donates $1 million to efforts to combat Desert Locust in East Africa
07/02/2020
The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to combat the worsening Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa.
Drought-affected households in Ethiopia benefit from FAO cash-transfer project
05/02/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided 4 500 drought-affected pastoral households in the Somali region of Ethiopia with unconditional cash transfers to meet their immediate needs and invest in productive activities.
Despite improvements Somalia’s food security vulnerable to desert locust outbreak
03/02/2020
An estimated 4.1 million people are acutely food insecure in Somalia, according to the latest post-Deyr assessment released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).
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.
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.
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.