09/10/2018
The Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction themed “Towards Disaster Risk Informed and inclusive sustainable development” will take place from 09 to 13 October 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in collaboration with the League of [...]
25/09/2018
The National Organizing Committee of the Joint International Grassland and Rangeland Congress invites abstracts for panels, papers and posters to be presented at this global conference, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 October 2020. For more [...]
Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
17/09/2018
The latest issue of the FPMA (Food Price Monitoring and Analysis) Bulletin FAO/GIEWS monthly report has been released. The monthly FPMA Bulletin reports food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are [...]
Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition
12/09/2018
Evidence continues to signal a rise in world hunger. According to available data, the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to levels from almost a decade ago. The absolute number [...]
World Water Week event: Reducing Migration - Building Water-Related Resilience for Rural Communities
Co-organised by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
27/08/2018
Because of the threat to food security and vulnerability resulting from water scarcity in certain parts of the world, there is an increasing tendency to migration. Populations seek to move away from water scarce regions towards areas perceived to be [...]