Redefining Farming in Afghanistan: Climate Change and the Quest for Sustainable Agriculture

18/03/2024

With the pressing issue of climate change and its impact on Afghan farmers, who are striving for change in their agricultural practices, Afghanistan's agricultural sector is facing numerous challenges, with climate change being one of the most critical.

Afghanistan Rural Insight

18/02/2024

Discover Afghanistan's rural views in this engaging video, which showcases farmers' different perspectives. Hear personal perspectives from wheat farmers, livestock owners, vegetable farmers, irrigation canal beneficiaries, and unconditional cash transfer recipients as they tell their stories and shed light on their livelihoods.

Afghanistan Rural Insight

18/02/2024

Discover Afghanistan's rural views in this engaging video, which showcases farmers' different perspectives.

How FAO’s Anticipatory Actions protect rural livelihoods in the Niger

14/02/2024

In 2022, severe floods hit the Niger causing crop and livestock losses and the destruction of cultivated land.

Escalating crises and hunger require urgent response, says FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol

14/02/2024

Acute hunger is escalating worldwide. The growing number of people impacted by pressing humanitarian crises in conflict-affected places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, or by climate extremes, requires urgent and collective action explains Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General.