Stories

 - 21/02/2021 - Afghan farmers attend an eye-opening technical training on wheat cultivation as part of FAO’s emergency wheat cultivation assistance package, comprising certified seed, fertilizer, technical training, and COVID-19 sensitization. “If the foundations ...read more

 - 08/03/2018 - At the end of 2016, Mahabo Hassen, a livestock owner from the outskirts of Warder, was particularly vulnerable to the deepening drought in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. “We were pure herders. We ...read more

 - 08/03/2018 - At the end of 2016, rural families across the Horn of Africa were facing the increasing threat of severe hunger following the failure of two consecutive rainy seasons. In Ethiopia, ...read more

 - 07/03/2018 - In September 2016, FAO issued a warning to countries west and south of Russia’s Tyva Republic, where a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza had been detected. The virus had ...read more

 - 05/03/2018 - High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse climatic shocks that are taking a toll, particularly in East African and Near East ...read more

 - 28/02/2018 - As transhumance communities, pastoral families in Eastern and Western Lakes States reside in cattle camps and migrate to different areas throughout the year to graze and water their livestock. Children ...read more

 - 26/02/2018 - More than 7 million people in South Sudan - almost two-thirds of the population - could become severely food insecure in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access, ...read more

 - 26/02/2018 - Seven years of conflict has displaced 6.3 million Syrians within the country and forced another 5.4 million to seek refuge, mostly in neighbouring countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and ...read more

 - 23/02/2018 - Almost 230 000 people who were facing emergency and crisis levels of food insecurity in the first half of 2017 were able to secure a good harvest despite ongoing drought. ...read more

 - 21/02/2018 - Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to frequent floods and droughts. Agriculture is the sector most affected by these hazards, with poor smallholder farming, pastoral and fishing communities suffering most. Over the ...read more

 - 20/02/2018 - Thanks to the contribution of USD 100 000 from the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium to FAO’s Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation ‒ Agricultural Inputs Response Capacity window, ...read more