Eight African Union (AU) member countries are in the process of conducting thorough data collection activities and a series of intense trainings to gear up for comprehensive assessments and evaluations as part of a 5-million-euro project funded by the European Union to improve food safety and phytosanitary systems.

A delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development travelled to Senegal to assess the European Union’s development portfolio in the country. The focus areas of the mission included vaccine development, EU support to the Great Green Wall (GGW),climate adaptation of coastal communities, sustainable fisheries and equal opportunities.

On the 3rd and 4th of May 2023, following up with the recommendation of the general secretariat for the council of ministers ,a high-level mission from the Ministry of Agriculture, the directorate of Women in the Prime Minister's undersecretary office, members of the executive committee for women empowerment, and the Food and Agriculture Organization in Iraq (FAO) visited various project activities in Nineveh Governorate.

102 students received scholarships to be trained in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry courses in an event held in Mogadishu this week. The initiative allows the scholars to study at the Somali National University in Mogadishu and is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the European Union (EU) through the ‘Resilient Fisheries and Livestock Value Chain for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Somalia’ (RAAISE) project. 

Kyiv – Rural households, smallholder farmers and small-scale agricultural enterprises will benefit from a $15.5 million project funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support the functioning, reinforcement and strengthening of value chains in agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and their adaptation to the wartime conditions.