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28 April 2022
Seeing green vegetation and crops in a drought-ravaged environment is unexpected. However, thanks to irrigation facilities at the Shabelle River in Godirey Kebele, Gode Woreda, Somali region, Fatouma Umar’s maize and vegetable fields are green and promise a good harvest. In 2021, FAO provided Fatouma’s and other 1 300 households in...
Seeing green vegetation and crops in a drought-ravaged environment is unexpected. However, thanks to irrigation facilities at the Shabelle River in Godirey Kebele, Gode Woreda, Somali region, Fatouma Umar’s maize and vegetable fields are green and promise a good harvest. In 2021, FAO provided Fatouma’s and other 1 300 households in...
31 March 2022
Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities count losses as three seasonal rains fail Halima Mohammed sat on her veranda, glancing at the dusty ground and dry shrubs surrounding her homestead. Carcasses of goats, sheep, and cattle scattered around her compound emit a foul smell that the strong wind carries away. "These carcasses are...
Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities count losses as three seasonal rains fail Halima Mohammed sat on her veranda, glancing at the dusty ground and dry shrubs surrounding her homestead. Carcasses of goats, sheep, and cattle scattered around her compound emit a foul smell that the strong wind carries away. "These carcasses are...
25 March 2022
Call for strengthening linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production Addis Ababa – While reviewing Ethiopia's Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, stakeholders attending a workshop convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the importance of streamlining the linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production. They also...
Call for strengthening linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production Addis Ababa – While reviewing Ethiopia's Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, stakeholders attending a workshop convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the importance of streamlining the linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production. They also...
09 March 2022
USD 2.5 million will improve access to livestock feed, water, and livestock health services in Oromia and Somali regions Addis Ababa - The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF) has contributed USD 2.5 million to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s rapid drought response in Ethiopia. The interventions will benefit 50...
USD 2.5 million will improve access to livestock feed, water, and livestock health services in Oromia and Somali regions Addis Ababa - The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF) has contributed USD 2.5 million to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s rapid drought response in Ethiopia. The interventions will benefit 50...
03 March 2022
The first cohort of Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) trainers and mentors passed Bishoftu– The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, completed the first training of trainers and mentors of the Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology...
The first cohort of Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) trainers and mentors passed Bishoftu– The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, completed the first training of trainers and mentors of the Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology...
