Release is the fastest funding allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund in UN history

FAO thanks the Canadian government for consistent backing of efforts to contain the desert locust upsurge

According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029, the pandemic is expected to depress demand in the next few years and could further undermine food security.

 

By targeting affected vulnerable communities, the project aims to strengthen farmers’ capacity to become resilient to future shocks.

FAO and WFP collaborate on a unique analysis of countries on the precipice of what could be the worst food crisis in generations

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Uganda has shown its support for veterinary health workers involved in the management of deadly livestock diseases by donating an assortment of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth USD 50 000 to the Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

Targeted households to benefit from livestock feed, crop seeds, and cash transfers

Belgium contributes to an anticipatory action project aimed at enhancing the food security and nutrition of populations affected by COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

Economic crisis, conflict, floods, desert locusts – and now COVID-19 – could wipe out improvements in food security in parts of Yemen, UN agencies warn.

The added support will help to step up control efforts in Africa and Asia and to improve early warning and forecasting systems.

Thanks to European Union support - FAO is regenerating livestock production to strengthen resilience of vulnerable populations in Borno State.

How is the Desert Locust campaign in East Africa going?

Initiative seeks to increase self-reliance of vulnerable populations and lay the groundwork for increased agribusiness investment

Without an intervention, more animals, which are a source of food and livelihood, will be lost, resulting in increasing rates of food insecurity.

The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere are they felt harder than in countries already struggling with food security.

Field activities have kicked-off with precautionary measures against COVID-19 

As floods threaten the nation, FAO teams up with UN allies in anticipatory action

 

The implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among vulnerable farming communities in central and northern Rakhine State, Myanmar are distressing enough without adding the impacts of the protracted conflict, which have severely disrupted agricultural production, reduced access to food due to insecurity, and have resulted in substantial displacement.

In West Africa, countries are sharing pesticides and other supplies, rather than overstocking

A training-of-trainers programme was launched today for 13 selected facilitators coming from Turkey’s four provinces.