FAO in South Sudan

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30 May 2023
Twenty-three women, seven men, a 1. 7-hectare piece of land and a strong desire to escape poverty. This is what makes up the successful and life changing Arek Apirr Vegetables Project in Bor, Jonglei State in South Sudan. It is a small-scale project established in 2006.The food and Agriculture Organization of...
06 March 2023
(Juba) – The findings of the 2022 Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM), prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the National Bureau of Statistics,...
12 December 2022
(Kigali) – Fostering the ongoing fight against food insecurity and malnutrition, Members of Parliaments from eight Eastern African nations, and representatives of two Regional Economic Communities committed themselves to position the issues of food security and nutrition at the centre of national and regional legislative agenda. Holding their 4th General Assembly Meeting,...
30 November 2022
(Rumbek )- Strolling casually in the middle of his tree nursery on the edge of Rumbek town, Amatic Chol recalls how a brief visit to Kenya in the mid-1990s changed his life. The 65-year-old father of 21 children had gone to neighbouring Kenya to train as an ox plough trainer, but returned...
11 November 2022
(Juba) - The United Nations and the South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) today launched the South Sudan Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. As a member of the Eastern African Parliament Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, the aim of the South Sudan Parliamentary Alliance is to advance...