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Background The food and nutrition security situation in Africa’s drylands particularly in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa remains a major concern, marked by both chronic and acute poverty and vulnerabilities. Recurrent and protracted crises, mainly driven by climatic shocks and stresses, natural resource degradation, volatile food prices, conflicts, coupled...

Regional Capacity Building Workshop on  Monitoring of SDG Indicators in Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa, FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa will host the The Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Monitoring of SDG Indicators in Eastern Africa in collaboration with The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).  The Workshop will  bring together technical experts...

FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) support global food safety and protect consumers’ health. The celebration of the World Food Safety Day is to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions for global food safety.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In line with SDG #17 “Partnerships for (achieving) the goals”, the workshop will serve as a platform for South-South and Triangular Cooperation by enabling the participants to learn from each other’s experiences (challenges and successful practices) on transforming food and agriculture.  With Sustainable Food systems and Agriculture...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Union Commission (AUC) and FAO support a common vision to create “The Africa We Want”. This is supported by the view that agricultural mechanization in Africa is an indispensable pillar for attaining the Zero Hunger vision by 2025, as stated in the Malabo Declaration of...