The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia. 

Interventions to enable farmers and pastoralists to resume agricultural production

The project is being implemented in Afar and Somali regions, benefiting over 21 000 pastoral and agro-pastoral households.

But FAO calls for increased surveillance to lock in gains, prevent a resurgence

A new generation of desert locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) thanks the Netherlands for their additional contribution of EUR 3.5 million to help mitigate impacts on food security and livelihoods in Ethiopia as a result of the desert locust upsurge. 

Questions and Answers with Keith Cressman, FAO's Senior Locust Forecasting Officer

Mohammed Ali, 30, a pastoralist, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pasture for his cattle under scorching sunshine.

Initiative seeks to increase self-reliance of vulnerable populations and lay the groundwork for increased agribusiness investment

Targeted households to benefit from livestock feed, crop seeds, and cash transfers