The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Washington State University and other stakeholders, undertook a research-oriented project, Livestock for Health (L4H), to address the availability issues of essential [...]

Over 5.4 million people will likely experience acute food insecurity in March and June, about 970,200 children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition through 2023 Latest data shows a likely unprecedented deterioration in Kenya’s food security situation, with over 5.4 million [...]

In 2019 and 2020 alone, sub-Saharan Africa was hit by a once-in-a-century desert locust upsurge and the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously facing conflict, droughts, and floods among other shocks and stressors. More than 60 percent of the population in sub-Saharan [...]

Anticipatory action is the practice of forecasting disasters and acting before they occur or reach their peak. The goal, in a nutshell, is to use data on weather, conflicts and many other stress factors to provide aid proactively and help [...]

The arid and semi-arid areas (ASALs) of Kenya cover nearly 84 percent of the national land and thus present an enormous potential contribution to national agricultural production as well as basic food and income for farmers residing in these areas. [...]