FAO Director-General reviews action to tackle the destructive pest Rome, 16 April 2021 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today...
Director-General calls for better information sharing and technology use 21 December 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at...
Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest. According to Sudanese officials, the nation saw a wheat production level...
Below normal staple production leads to a severe early lean season in Southern Madagascar KEY MESSAGES • The Government of Madagascar has lifted many of the measures previously enacted to slow the...
MESSAGES CLÉS • Le gouvernement de Madagascar a levé de nombreuses mesures adoptées pour ralentir la propagation du COVID-19, ce qui a permis une reprise des activités économiques dans une certaine...
The African Development Bank-funded Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation programme (TAAT) has set the ambitious target of reaching 40 million farmers in the next five years and adding...
The 2020 harvest expected to temporarily improve food availability beginning April Key Messages The number of households experiencing food consumption gaps is at near-record levels across much of the...
Rainfall deficit in part of the Extreme South compromises the main cropping season KEY MESSAGES The 2019/2020 cyclone season is particularly intensive this year compared to previous years. Following...
By Arsheen Qasim Huge swarms of destructive desert locusts are ripping through Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and several other countries in East Africa, threatening local food supplies and livelihoods...
A combination of prolonged, severe drought in the western and southern provinces of Zambia over the past two rainy seasons in 2017 and 2018, and floods in the north, have increased hunger, with more...