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FAO and WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
06/06/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Sahel and Lake Chad Regions: FAO joins the global effort to reinforce response to the food security crisis
07/04/2022
International community pledges around €1.79 billion to address unprecedented humanitarian threats in the region

Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.
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Ensuring multisectoral coordination in the fight against rabies in Mali
03/11/2020
Livestock production accounts for 12 percent of Mali's gross domestic product and is a key contributor to the Malian economy.
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The Republic of Korea contributes to FAO’s effort in preparing countries of West Africa and the Sahel for potential desert locust invasion from East Africa
16/09/2020
FAO will help countries improve surveillance and control efforts and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable households

Teaming up to defend against locusts
12/08/2020
In West Africa, countries are sharing pesticides and other supplies, rather than overstocking

Belgium supports FAO in the rapid recovery of vulnerable households’ livelihoods in Mali during COVID-19
19/05/2020
In Mali, the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported on 25 March 2020 in a context of growing insecurity and when the Government had just declared a food security and nutrition emergency, for which it requested support from its international partners especially in view of last year’s poor crop production results