The long road to drought resilience - Exactly a year ago today, the United Nations announced a state of famine in southern Somalia.

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today warned of a major funding gap for activities planned by FAO in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. 

The creation of an African-funded trust fund to support food security in the continent was discussed at FAO’s Regional Conference for Africa, held last week in Brazzaville, Republic of the... Read more