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“COVID-19 could not have come at a worse time for vulnerable communities across West Africa”
07/05/2020

Q&A with Coumba Sow, FAO Resilience Coordinator for West Africa

Adapting the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture to COVID-19
27/04/2020

At the beginning of this year, the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) roadmap was on track to reach its conclusion at the UN Climate Change...

Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world
23/04/2020

New report presents the main regional consequences caused by the five types of the climate pattern

COVID-19: Our hungriest, most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”
17/04/2020

In this interview, Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges COVID-19 poses in...

FAO leads the way to clearer peatland mapping and monitoring
10/04/2020

A new publication and an innovative geospatial online tool help countries preserve critical carbon stores

Biopesticides for locust control
03/04/2020

Hitting hoppers without harming the environment

NEW video: Climate services for farmers
30/03/2020

Climate Services support farmers to prepare for and adapt to climate change. Technology and innovation provide new opportunities for the dissemination...

FAO celebrates International Day of Forests 2020
20/03/2020

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and...

It's not business as usual when it comes to agriculture and food security
19/03/2020

It is more and more evident, that we can no longer think about agriculture and food security without simultaneously addressing...