Tag: FAO
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Somalia: 25MLN USD Secured to Deal with Food Security, FAO
FAO Country Representative Etienne Peterschmitt welcomed the new funding and highlighted its significance in contributing to enhanced food security and resilience for communities along the Shabelle River.
June 24, 2024
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Ethiopia: FAO for Support to Vulnerable Ethiopians
FAO said the challenges are underlined by economic and physical constraints that hinder access to key food commodities, even when adequate production has been achieved at the national level.
June 10, 2024
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Somalia: UN Project to Improve Food Security, Climate Resilience
According to FAO, increased local food production is expected to generate more than 50 million U.S. dollars per season in production value and income, and lead to savings of up to 36 million dollars per year in humanitarian assistance costs as the food security situation improves.
June 7, 2024
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Kenya: Experts for Transboundary Pest Management in East Africa
On Wednesday, experts began a three-day meeting in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to promote transboundary pest management in the East African region. Related: Haiti: Kenyan Delegation Assesses Future Troop Base The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional ministerial meeting on risk transfer and transboundary pest management brought together more than 100 stakeholders from IGAD […]
May 22, 2024
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Botswana: FAO Concerned About Increasing Use of Pesticides
On Tuesday, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Botswana expressed concern that the extensive use of pesticides to manage pests, weeds, and diseases may increase the risk of harming species essential to ecosystem health. Related: Kenya: Alarm Over Sale of Counterfeit Cancer Medicine Speaking at the commemoration of the International […]
May 14, 2024
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Gaza is Experiencing the World’s Largest Food Catastrophe
On Wednesday, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the annual report of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), which shows that Gaza is the scene of the greatest food catastrophe on the planet in the last two decades. RELATED: Jamaica Officially Recognizes the Palestinian State “The Gaza Strip has the largest number of people […]
April 24, 2024
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Agri-Food Transformation Must Go Hand With Sustainability, FAO
The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Máximo Torero said that the transformation of agri-food systems must take into account sustainability, so that “Let us have good food today and tomorrow for all.” RELATED: FAO Establishes Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean “If we are not careful […]
April 14, 2024
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FAO Establishes Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
On Friday, a communiqué said that the 38th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded with the establishment of necessary priorities. RELATED: FAO Reports New Drop in Food Prices The message noted that the meeting, which concluded on Thursday, ended with the unanimous support of the 33 member […]
March 22, 2024
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FAO Reports New Drop in Food Prices
On Friday, a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that the benchmark index for world food commodity prices declined in February of this year. RELATED: Horn of Africa: +58 Million People Face Food Insecure A report released Friday by the agency’s press office indicates that this downward trend […]
March 8, 2024
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Horn of Africa: +58 Million People Face Food Insecure
On Tuesday, a joint report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) stated that some 58.1 million people are acutely food insecure in the Greater Horn of Africa region. RELATED: Africa: UN Urges More Investment in Scientific Development FAO and IGAD said out […]