In September 2020, FAO launched a radio training initiative airing various episodes across eight Somali radio stations.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Myanmar’s Department of Agriculture (DoA) recently conducted a series of training sessions to support the capacity development of farmers and technical experts.

During the second half of 2020, a moderate to strong La Niña phenomenon was registered that is causing extreme weather conditions in various parts of the world. 

Funding shortfalls threaten continued operations

Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable

FAO launches project to enhance food security by increasing job opportunities in the fisheries and livestock sectors

Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families

Joint Communique' on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in Somalia 

Funds will contribute to building resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Yemen

The crisis in Syria forced many rural women to become the only breadwinners for their families, which was a new experience for many of them.

Women increase their income and improve their family’s food security and nutrition through kitchen gardening thanks to the support provided by FAO in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan

Les conflits armés, l’insécurité généralisée et les catastrophes naturelles récurrentes associés aux effets de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19), font de la République démocratique du Congo la pire crise alimentaire au monde.

The Government of Japan contributed USD 2 090 909 to FAO to conduct emergency interventions in Yemen as part of its ongoing response in the country.

FAO strengthens desert locust surveillance and control capacity in Yemen

Securing vulnerable farmers’ livelihoods by providing quality wheat seed

FAO helps vulnerable livestock keepers safeguard their livelihood, boost milk production and avoid rural migration in Afghanistan.

Newest report from FSNAU-FEWS NET indicates large-scale food insecurity and malnutrition due to multiple threats

Movement restrictions triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic have severely affected the livestock sector in West and Central Africa (WCA). Reduced access to feed, diminished slaughterhouse capacity and limited access to grazing land are only a few examples of the consequences of the p...

Unveiling the secret to productive wheat cultivation

FAO Syria improves small breeders’ livestock production