
Ethiopia | A new generation of desert locusts; flooding and COVID-19 threaten food security
27/10/2020
Mohammed Ali, 30, a pastoralist, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pasture for his cattle under scorching sunshine.

Northeastern Nigeria | Safeguarding livestock production in Borno State
27/10/2020
In a bid to safeguard livestock production among vulnerable pastoralists in northeast Nigeria, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supported the establishment of Community-based Animal Health Workers (CBAHWs) in Borno State.

Locust control campaign covers millions of hectares but the voracious pest is still a threat in East Africa
29/10/2020
Questions and Answers with Keith Cressman, FAO's Senior Locust Forecasting Officer

The Sudan | FAO and Belgium assist food-insecure farming households impacted by floods
30/10/2020
The Sudan is suffering one of the world’s largest protracted humanitarian crises. Localized displacement, climatic shocks and harsh macro-economic situations are putting a huge strain on peoples’ food security, livelihood strategies and coping mechanisms.

Myanmar: FAO and the United Kingdom join forces to restore agriculture production and livelihoods
02/11/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), completed the provision of inputs for the most severe flood affected family farmers to restore agricultural production and livelihoods in southern parts of Myanmar.
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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.

Iraq: FAO and Belgium expand partnership to enhance the resilience of internally displaced and returnee farming households impacted by COVID-19
04/11/2020
In Iraq, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak hit when the country was already facing a humanitarian crisis, further deepening vulnerabilities and disrupting ongoing efforts to deliver aid to the most vulnerable people in acute need of assistance.

Myanmar: European Union instrumental in providing support to vulnerable women
06/11/2020
In August 2020, a new surge in locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Rakhine State and other regions of Myanmar.

UN food agencies warn of rising levels of acute hunger with potential risk of famine in four hotspots
06/11/2020
Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen cause for concern but acute hunger on the rise across the globe

Tree nurseries: empowering vulnerable farmers while nourishing South Sudan
09/11/2020
Dalia Wang, 39, lives in a village near Maban and is a mother of five who has looked after her children alone since her husband passed away.

ISAVET in Africa: Cameroon forms the first cohort of national veterinary professionals in field epidemiology
09/11/2020
An evaluation by the Cameroon Animal Disease Epidemiology Surveillance Network (RESCAM), carried out in 2018, revealed a strong need for field veterinary epidemiology capacity to support animal health services.

Namibia’s locust crisis: “they have no mercy at all”
12/11/2020
Working with farmers to battle the worst African Migratory Locust outbreak in years

Yemen: FAO holds Food Security Analysis Training Workshop
13/11/2020
FAO Yemen, in cooperation with the Food Security Technical Secretariat and other partners, concluded a training workshop on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), an indispensable tool for developing humanitarian and development programming.

Viet Nam: FAO and Belgium assist food-insecure smallholder farming households impacted by the shock of the recent floods
18/11/2020
Since 6 October 2020, the central region of Viet Nam has experienced prolonged heavy rains in association with three tropical storms that made landfall on 11 October, 14 October and 16 October, as well as Typhoon Molave, which hit the region on 29 October.

Somalia | FAO and FCDO provide marginalized fisherfolks with ice for the first time in Bajuni Islands
18/11/2020
Ismail Bana Ibrahim and his colleagues set into the deep sea around 6 pm and came back the following morning with 40 kg of iced fresh fish, ready for the mainland Kismayu market.

Syria: FAO helps reactivate Syria’s water resources monitoring system through training
19/11/2020
FAO has designed a comprehensive training programme for the technical staff of the Water Resources Information Center - General Commission for Water Resources in Syria.

Somalia | FAO and Somalia step up locust fight as hatching and hopper band formation continues in central area
20/11/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned today that large populations of desert locust in Somalia

La FAO et la Belgique au soutien des ménages agricoles en situation d’insécurité alimentaire touchés par la covid-19 (IN FRENCH)
20/11/2020
L’insécurité persistante et les conflits intercommunautaires, associés aux effets dévastateurs des catastrophes naturelles et de la pandémie de la covid-19, ont aggravé l’insécurité alimentaire en République démocratique du Congo.

Social protection has a key role to play in COVID-19 response
20/11/2020
Cultivate Africa drives dialogue on building back better

The Sudan | FAO and Belgium assist food-insecure farming households impacted by COVID-19 and floods
23/11/2020
The Sudan is suffering one of the world’s largest protracted humanitarian crises. About 9.3 million people in the Sudan were already in need of humanitarian assistance prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods.