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FAO Desert Locust campaign: East Africa upsurge suppressed, Kenya free from Desert Locust
15/06/2022
Interview with Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa, and Carla Mucavi, FAO Country Representative in Kenya
- What is t...
Afghanistan: FAO and the World Bank step up their response to the worsening food security
13/06/2022
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed an unprecedented $150 million contribution from the World Bank to provide cr...
Senate of Canada Formally Acknowledges FAO’s Beth Bechdol
10/06/2022
9 June 2022, Ottawa, ON - Beth Bec...
Closing the Gap on Agricultural Funding for Global Food Security
10/06/2022
7-8 June 2022,Washington, DC - In an acknowledgement of the leadership role that the U...
Senior FAO Leadership Heads to Canada for Inaugural Visit
10/06/2022
9-10 June 2022, Ottawa, ON – Beth
New UN Food Outlook report: World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food
09/06/2022
Out now! FAO in North America Newsletter for June
09/06/2022
June 9, 2022
Message from the Director
Dear Readers,
Throughout the month of May, “Food security” took center stage in multilateral fora....
FAO Food Price Index dips in May
03/06/2022
World Food Law Institute Round Table on Regional Water Cooperation
02/06/2022
23 May 2022, Washington, DC - Water as a natural resource that crosses human-drawn boundaries faces challenging management scenarios across the world. On this topic, the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) hosted a Round Table discussion exploring case studies of regional water co...
With support from USAID, FAO is boosting Namibia’s locust surveillance and monitoring to avert a possible disaster
01/06/2022
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“If they are not controlled nothing will be left for our livestock” – farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst Brown Locust outbreak |
USAID contributes USD 2 million to FAO's drought response in Ethiopia
26/05/2022
23/05/2022
Initiative to improve the food security and protect assets of drought-affected pastoral and agro-pastoral households
Addis Ababa – The United States Agency for International Development (USA...
G7: FAO puts forward proposals to address current and future food shortages
13/05/2022
Stuttgart - The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called on G7 nations to help anticipate future food shortages,...
Saving Lives and Improving Livelihoods: Women and Agriculture in Afghanistan
11/05/2022
11 May 2022, Washington, DC – The situation in Afghanistan has reached a dire point, as the latest data shows nearly 20 million Afghans are deprived of food and suffer from acute hunger. On this topic, the Alliance to End Hunger and the Food and Agricultural O...
North America Launch of the 2021 Flagship Publication: Insights on Sustainability and Resilience from the Frontline of Climate Change
09/05/2022
Washingon, DC - On 29 April 2022, the FAO Liaison Office for North America hosted an in-person book launch for the 2021 award-winning flagship publication, Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems: Insights on Sustainability and Resilience fro...
Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance averted a food security catastrophe in the harsh winter months, but hunger persists at unprecedented levels
09/05/2022
09/05/2022 Joint FAO-WFP News Release Kabul – Some 19.7 million people, almost half of Afghanistan’s population, are facing acute hunger according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis conducted in January and February 2022 by Food Security and Agriculture ...