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
James Kon is one of a growing number of South Sudanese who are creating a crisis simply by going home. Born and raised in the South, he spent many years... Read more
FAO is calling urgently for funding to offer agricultural support to an expected flood of South Sudanese returning from Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of people may be forced to return from... Read more
FAO today urgently appealed for $50 million to cover the funding gap for priority agricultural and pastoral activities that must be carried out in the Horn of Africa before and... Read more
FAO-WFP report says poor harvests, price hikes, conflict, displacement worsen hunger - Millions of people in South Sudan will face hunger this year if urgent action is not taken, according to... Read more
FAO’s new Director-General prioritizes Horn of Africa - The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that with recurrent droughts in the Horn of Africa... Read more
Finland has recently provided EUR 1 million to FAO’s ongoing drought response efforts in the Horn of Africa...In Somalia, Finnish assistance will be used in line with FAO’s plans within the 2012 Consolidated Appeal... Read more
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is working with the University of Nairobi and the Texas A&M University to expand a monitoring program of water-levels in... Read more
