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30 January 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in South Sudan is contributing to the improvement of human and animal health through the construction of an animal slaughterhouse in the town of Torit. Meat hygiene is a major public health issue in South Sudan. For many years, people living...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in South Sudan is contributing to the improvement of human and animal health through the construction of an animal slaughterhouse in the town of Torit. Meat hygiene is a major public health issue in South Sudan. For many years, people living...

04 December 2018
The Government of Norway has contributed NOK 42.3million (approx. USD 5 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood Response Programme in South Sudan. The funds are critical to supporting people to produce their own food, especially those who may be returning...
The Government of Norway has contributed NOK 42.3million (approx. USD 5 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood Response Programme in South Sudan. The funds are critical to supporting people to produce their own food, especially those who may be returning...

30 November 2018
The Kingdom of Netherlands has contributed an additional $5.5 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood and Resilience Programme in South Sudan. The Dutch Ambassador in Juba, Janet Alberda, and the FAO Representative a.i in South Sudan, Pierre Vauthier, signed the arrangement...
The Kingdom of Netherlands has contributed an additional $5.5 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the 2019 Emergency Livelihood and Resilience Programme in South Sudan. The Dutch Ambassador in Juba, Janet Alberda, and the FAO Representative a.i in South Sudan, Pierre Vauthier, signed the arrangement...
Conflict pushes South Sudanese into hunger: More than 6 million people face desperate food shortages

28 September 2018
Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean the annual lean season pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today. Some 6.1 million people faced...
Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean the annual lean season pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today. Some 6.1 million people faced...

24 September 2018
South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a five-year plan for sustainable management and control of Fall Armyworm in the country. Expected to cost $26 million, the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Management of Fall Armyworm...
South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a five-year plan for sustainable management and control of Fall Armyworm in the country. Expected to cost $26 million, the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Management of Fall Armyworm...
