A timely FAO investment of 50,000 US dollars in an irrigation scheme within Kenya’s poorest and driest district has allowed the local community not only to remain self-sufficient in face... Read more
On the occasion of the 2011 World Food Day and a RAI telethon organized by the FAO and the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, several celebrities FAO Goodwill Ambassadors have... Read more
With the October rainy season starting, FAO is helping more than 5 000 vulnerable farming households in eastern Kenya terrace their fields to conserve rain water for crop use and... Read more
Diouf urges adequate and predictable funding for HoA region - FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today called for "adequate and predictable" financial resources to resolve the crisis in the Horn of... Read more
FAO today called for increased efforts to stem the food crisis in the Horn of Africa as famine spread to a sixth area of Somalia, threatening 750 000 people with starving... Read more
As world governments met today in Ethiopia for an international pledging conference aimed at winning more aid for the Horn of Africa, FAO has warned that... Read more
On Wednesday 24 August FAO held a live tweet-up discussion on how farmers and pastoralists in the Horn of Africa have been affected by drought, and what needs... Read more
Meeting on 18 August to address worsening food crisis - In rapid follow-up to the Emergency Ministerial-Level Meeting on the drought in the Horn of Africa held on 25 July 2011 at... Read more
Governments, UN agencies and international organizations meeting in Rome today urged the international community to continue their support for life saving operations in the Horn of Africa but... Read more
Horn of Africa to be focus of 25 July session in Rome - FAO is convening an emergency ministerial-level meeting on Monday 25 July 2011 to address deteriorating drought conditions in... Read more