An FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited all main food producing areas in Timor-Leste from 27 April to 9 May 2021 to estimate the 2021 crop production and the import requirements during the 2021/22 marketing year (April/March). The [...]

There is growing evidence of the effects of climate change in Ethiopia – rainfall is becoming less predictable, with late onset, early cessation and poor spatial and temporal distribution; the impacts of El Niño and La Niña are becoming more [...]

We would like to invite you to our new online activity “Call for action: ending child labour in agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders”, facilitated by Bernd Seiffert from FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division.The UN General Assembly declared 2021 as [...]

Against the background of fast expanding trade and a surge in food import bills, which has come to characterise much of the developments shaping global food markets in 2020/21, early forecasts for 2021/22 point to resilient food trade and a [...]

This practice explains what a dzud is, the condition, and the impact of dzud events on local herding communities in Mongolia. It further highlights the importance of Early Warning Anticipatory Action (EWAA) systems to anticipate and mitigate dzuds' impacts and [...]