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17 October 2016
17 October 2016, Arbaminch – Sustainable watershed-based management and protection of natural resources is instrumental to cope with the effects of climate change and build the resilience of the most vulnerable communities was the key message came from key stakeholders during the 2016WFD celebration in southern Ethiopia’s beautiful city of...
10 October 2016
Ethiopia to observe World Food Day 2016 in Arbaminch. World Food Day 2016 will be celebrated in SNNP Regional State’s Arbaminch town on 15 and 16 October 2016 with the theme of “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too”. During a press conference to announce the celebration of the event, on behalf...
07 October 2016
FAO support reinforces food security response to one of the worst El Niño-induced droughts on record
28 September 2016
The Ethiopian Government’s commitment to improving the nutrition needs of the country is reflected in its National Nutrition Strategy and Program developed since 2008. In the revised National Nutrition Program, nutrition-sensitive agriculture is prioritized as one of its objectives recognizing the role of the agriculture sector to improve nutrition.  It...
15 September 2016
Climate-related phenomena like El Niño and La Niña, have, in the last several decades, increased both in frequency and ferocity, hitting global agriculture with a blunt and brutal force. Typically, once every ten years, El Niño events now occur in regions like East Africa