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15/05/2020
Loyaa Village sits on a sandy plain at the edge of rain-starved Turkana County, in northeastern Kenya—part of the Greater Karamoja Cluster, which also includes the borders of Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. It is the last village before the neighboring [...]
Tropical Cyclone Harold caused widespread damage to the agriculture sector
08/05/2020
Highlights: The passing of Cyclone Harold on 6 April 2020 caused extensive damage to the agriculture sector, including losses of main staples and export crops. About half of the total population is estimated to be in need of assistance due to the [...]
29/04/2020
Speakers Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, FAO Stephanie Hanson, Senior Vice President, One Acre Fund Matt Nims, Deputy Director, USAID Office of Food for Peace Vimlendra Sharan, Director, Liaison Office for North America, FAO Steven Burak, Coordinator, Regional Desert Locust Alliance and Project [...]
April - June 2020
23/04/2020
The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and agriculture, including their likelihood and [...]
21/04/2020
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. The data and the analyses in this report were prepared before the [...]