18/09/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is hosting a photography exhibition Bridging the divide running from 18 - 25 September 2017.
The exhibition has been organized by the FAO Strategic Programme on Resilience to highlight the work carried out [...]
14/09/2017
Following a request from the Government of the Central African Republic, a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited the country from 16 to 28 January 2017 to estimate crop production and assess the overall food security situation. [...]
12/09/2017
Due to a prolonged drought in Mongolia, the 2017 wheat output is estimated to drop by almost 50 percent from last year’s near-average output. Production of other food crops, such as potatoes, barley, oats and vegetables, also has been severely [...]
11/09/2017
Harina Devi Khatri and her husband Bishnu are vegetable farmers with three children who live in Hirapur Doti district in Nepal. Thanks to the BRACED Anukulan project they are now linked to markets and services through their local Rural Collection [...]
Building resilience through dialogue and negotiation in a contested area between Sudan and South Sudan
26/07/2017
The Abyei Administrative Area (AAA) is a contested zone located on the central border between South Sudan and Sudan. Its status has remained unresolved since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011, and the governments failed to agree on the [...]