Actions to eliminate peste des petits ruminants (PPR) have been rolled out in the major regions 20 June 2016, Ethiopia - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is implementing a progressive control program against Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in...

Мероприятия ФАО повышают финансовую стабильность скотоводов и укрепляют их источники средств к существованию.
В Сомалийском регионе на юго-востоке Эфиопии свирепствует засуха: из-за Эль-Ниньо она стала самой жестокой за последние полвека, вызвав острый дефицит кормов и воды. Это привело к резкому росту миграции животных и массовому падежу скота. Для большей части населения этого региона...

Pastoralists are stewards of the rangelands that cover a third of the planet’s land surface, providing food and protecting key ecosystem services
Pastoralism can be environment-friendly and can also be a source of sustainable production.  An animated debate by key-players in the livestock sector demonstrated pastoralism’s ability to promote healthy ecosystems in the face of climate change and diminishing pastoral lands, showing...

Ministers from African countries North and South of the Sahara and their development partners are meeting in Dakar, Senegal, at a High-Level conference organized by the African Union to accelerate progress on the Great Green Wall - Africa’s largest rural...

CILSS and FAO reinforce impact of support initiatives and tools for resilience measurement
The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), with the technical and financial support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has launched a technical Platform for the analysis and measurement of resilience of populations in...