Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
10/08/2017
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 [...]
Supporting vulnerable and resource-poor livestock keepers in tsetse-infested areas in sub-Saharan Africa
20/07/2017
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis is a lethal parasitic disease of humans and livestock. The disease severely limits mixed livestock–crop agriculture in over 10 million km2 of highly productive land in sub-Saharan Africa. Direct and indirect losses due to trypanosomosis are estimated in [...]
Issue No. 24
04/07/2017
In the 24th issue of the Food Chain Crisis (FCC) Early Warning Bulletin covering the period between July and September 2017, integrates and analyzes information on transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases threatening the food chain for the three months ahead, grouped by [...]
02/05/2017
A travers le programme d’appui à la résilience, la FAO avec ses partenaires soutient le Gouvernement dans son effort de consolidation de la paix et de relèvement économique et social en mettant l’accent sur le renforcement de la résilience des systèmes agro-sylvo-pastoraux et [...]
20/04/2017
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when micro-organisms – bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites – evolve resistance to antimicrobial substances, like antibiotics, antifungals and others. This occurs naturally through adaptation to the environment or through selective pressure when microorganisms come into contact with [...]