FAO has been working to support vulnerable farmers in Afghanistan and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in agricultural markets across the country. At Jalalabad’s livestock market, Gholam Rasool, a livestock vendor, recalled hearing announcements from a megaphone in the centre of the market advising...

Le Sahel connait des transformations structurelles en milieu rural et des crises aux répercussions majeures sur les systèmes de production, les économies familiales et les conditions de vie et la sécurité des populations. Les populations pastorales sont particulièrement exposées à...

More family time and a higher income: Climate-smart livestock management shakes things up
Surrounded by orange, lemon and mango trees, we find Rebeca, Fedora, Natalia, Campana and Gertrude. They are five of the 21 cows that Marlene Vacusoy and her husband, Cornelio León, own, but managing cattle is relatively new for this Ecuadorian...

La mejora de la gobernanza de la tierra podría ser una solución para los desafíos a los que se enfrentan los pastores
Desplazarse entre regiones y países es fundamental para los medios de vida de los pastores nómadas. Sin embargo, desde que entraron en vigor las restricciones relacionadas con la pandemia de la COVID-19 esto ha sido imposible, lo que ha afectado...

FAO campaign vaccinates 14.5 million goats and treats another 3.5 million animals to safeguard the country’s main economic activity
In late January, while FAO was launching its annual livestock vaccination and treatment campaign with various government institutions across Somalia, nobody could imagine the rollercoaster of a year that 2020 would become. COVID-19, floods and insecurity were unknowingly set to complicate the implementation of this animal...