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Supporting vulnerable and resource-poor livestock keepers in tsetse-infested areas in sub-Saharan Africa
20/07/2017
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis is a lethal parasitic disease of humans and livestock. The disease severely limits mixed livestock–crop agriculture in over 10 million km2 of highly productive land in sub-Saharan Africa. Direct and indirect losses due to trypanosomosis are estimated in [...]
11/07/2017
  Tuesday 11 July 2017 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT   Join Farm Radio International next week for a webinar on their interactive radio programming for food security program funded by a TOPS Small Grant!   This webinar will be discussing how interactive radio programming can [...]
Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
10/07/2017
The latest issue of the FPMA (Food Price Monitoring and Analysis) Bulletin FAO/GIEWS monthly report has been released. The monthly FPMA Bulletin reports food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are [...]
Issue No. 24
04/07/2017
In the 24th issue of the Food Chain Crisis (FCC) Early Warning Bulletin covering the period between July and September 2017, integrates and analyzes information on transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases threatening the food chain for the three months ahead, grouped by [...]
As a tool to reinforce resilience
24/06/2017
The CASH+ approach is a flexible methodology of intervention geared towards restoring resilient livelihoods. This social protection approach combines two complementary modes of intervention, namely cash transfers and productive assistance, in order to create synergies thus increasing their respective impacts.