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Ethiopia is exposed to a wide range of disasters associated with the country’s extensive dependence on rainfed subsistence agriculture, climate change, resource degradation, diverse geoclimatic and socio-economic conditions and conflicts. Drought and floods are the major challenges, but a number of other threats affect communities and livelihoods. These include conflict, desert locust, fall armyworm, frost and hail, crop pests and diseases, livestock diseases, human diseases, landslides, earthquakes, and urban and forest fires.
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The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) was established in October 1962 by the FAO Director General to: study the status of food and agricultural statistics in the region, advise Member Countries on the development and harmonization of agricultural statistics in the general context of FAO’s statistical activities, organize meetings for study groups or other subsidiary bodies made up of national experts to achieve these goals.
Since 1962 the session has been organized every two years. The 26th Session of AFCAS was held in November 2019 in Libreville, Gabon, which focused on SDG indicators to help senior officials of National Statistics Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Agriculture (MoA) understand their role in improving data collection, quality, comparability and use of their country’s indicators
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In the latest edition of FAO in Africa, from FAO’s Regional Office for Africa, we are celebrating World Food Day on 16th October, under the theme of leaving no one behind. It is particularly pertinent in Africa as the continent faces pockets of catastrophic food insecurity amid overall rising hunger driven by conflict, climate change and rising food prices. In this edition, we are also sharing updates on our work for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life in Africa. Find out about the One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in Africa, the latest news on the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, an innovative rice and fish project in Rwanda and more.
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This paper provides insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy responses to curb its spread increase the risk of child labour through different pathways. It draws on case studies from seven countries covering different production systems: Côte d’Ivoire (cocoa), Ethiopia (cattle keeping and farming), (Lebanon (horticulture and greenhouse farms), the Philippines (municipal fisheries), and Viet Nam (crop farming, livestock, and citrus fruit chains).
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More than 40 years ago, the first UN Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, in Buenos Aires, laid important groundwork for South–South Cooperation, setting in motion a movement of reciprocal self-reliance that emphasizes developing countries collectively assisting one another.
More recently, the Second High-level UN Conference on South–South Cooperation (known as BAPA+40, held in March 2019) highlighted the evolution of South–South Cooperation and its great potential for achieving development ambitions such as the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
In the years between those landmark meetings, FAO has worked with a range of partners on successful South–South and Triangular Cooperation agreements to benefit Africa, including Brazil, China, the Republic of Korea, Morocco, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Viet Nam.
In the decade up to 2020, FAO also established and sustained two important trust funds for South–South Cooperation: the FAO–China Trust Fund (Phase II and III)...
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