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- This paper investigates whether an increase in exogenous income through the Child Grants model of the Social Cash Transfer programme in Zambia fosters economic inclusion among ...read more
12/11/2021
- Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been facing a serious outbreak of the African migratory locust (AML) (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) since May 2020. Damage to ...read more
18/12/2020
- “This is the first time seeing such a scary situation ever since I was born here. Nothing else can compare to such a serious threat,” said ...read more
12/11/2020
- A record 45 million people across the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be severely food insecure in the next six months, United Nations food ...read more
31/10/2019
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Late rains, extended dry periods, two major cyclones and economic challenges have proved a recipe for disaster for food security and livelihoods across Southern Africa.
Currently, 9.3 ...read more
28/10/2019
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to assist
235 350 people
FAO requires
USD 18.1 million
period
January – December 2019
In 2018, the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drastically worsened, spreading to previously unaffected ...read more
11/02/2019
- Improve livelihoods, food security and nutrition of the affected population.
16/07/2018
- Preliminary assessments, conducted between mid-February and end of April 2017, have shown that approximately 356 000 hectares of crops were affected by the fall armyworm infestation ...read more
26/05/2017
- Lewis Hove, FAO Reprensentative in South Africa, speaks about the fall armyworm outbreak in Southern Africa at PowerFM radio.
09/02/2017
- A fall armyworm outbreak, the first emergence of the pest in southern Africa, is causing considerable crop damage in some countries. If the pest damage aggravates, ...read more
03/02/2017