Without an intervention, more animals, which are a source of food and livelihood, will be lost, resulting in increasing rates of food insecurity.

The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere are they felt harder than in countries already struggling with food security.

Field activities have kicked-off with precautionary measures against COVID-19 

As floods threaten the nation, FAO teams up with UN allies in anticipatory action

 

The implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among vulnerable farming communities in central and northern Rakhine State, Myanmar are distressing enough without adding the impacts of the protracted conflict, which have severely disrupted agricultural production, reduced access to food due to insecurity, and have resulted in substantial displacement.

In West Africa, countries are sharing pesticides and other supplies, rather than overstocking

A training-of-trainers programme was launched today for 13 selected facilitators coming from Turkey’s four provinces.

A newly launched FAO project is aimed at strengthening partnerships to bring conservation agriculture to farmers across Southern Africa

FAO’s component of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19

Having once fled civil war, RealLifeHero and returnee Ritah Alfred is working for FAO to support livelihoods for her fellow citizens

Urgent and sustained action is needed to address worsening food and nutrition insecurity in Burkina Faso, say the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), citing alarming new data.

Under COVID-19 restrictions, FAO’s Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health provided virtual support to Myanmar to develop its LSD preparedness

Santa Angwech David, 23 years old, lives in Magwi, near the South Sudanese border with Kenya.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the capacity of technical staff from the Department of Agriculture on Early Warning Early Action interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of climate driven disaster.

The livestock sector in Lebanon is currently facing many challenges related to the economic crisis the country is experiencing. 

FAO conducts an after-action review of Sierra Leone's Integrated Animal Disease Surveillance and Reporting system

Another round of vocational and entrepreneurship training is about to start in Bursa province to support selected Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs) and Turkish citizens in launching micro-scale agri-food businesses.

UN Agency to air more than 30 episodes on good agricultural practices, livestock, nutrition and fishery

Afghanistan is suffering from one of the most severe food crises worldwide. According to the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises, Afghanistan is ranked as the third worst crisis country globally, and food insecurity has significantly worsened since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in the country.

Michelle Sandigan Mohammad knows a thing or two about drought. On the island of Mindanao in the Philippines where she tends to her farm, drought has been a frequent foe.