FAO has distributed over 1 000 tonnes of seeds, as well as fertilizer and tools, to more than 110 000 poor farmers in three southern African countries through a system of mobile trade fairs.
Farmers in Burundi plant cassava free of a deadly disease that brought hunger to thousands, thanks to global plant genetics policy and research - and EU/FAO support.
FAO is working closely with Lesotho's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to help farmers in Lesotho recover from a hard-hitting drought.
In the Indus Valley, Pakistani taxpayers are now financing what European Union taxpayers helped start – a movement to help farmers rein in indiscriminate use of pesticides, while reducing their poverty at the same time.