Movement restrictions and curfews to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus initially had a severe impact on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq. Despite the lessening of lockdowns...
30/11/2020 Bangkok Innovative digital technologies will drive agricultural outputs, fuel improvements to food quality and safety, and reach new heights of profitability in the foreseeable future,...
L’édition 2020 de La situation mondiale de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture, publication phare de la FAO, pose un nouveau regard sur la question des pénuries d’eau et de la rareté de l’eau dans le...
Context Situation in Ethiopia In early November 2020, military confrontations between federal and regional forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region, which borders both Sudan and Eritrea, led the Government...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) thanks the Netherlands for their additional contribution of EUR 3.5 million to help mitigate impacts on food security and livelihoods...
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic—and related lockdowns—triggered a massive cash crisis around the world for families who depend on informal earnings, including daily wage workers. In Pakistan, a...
Highlights • 51.3 million people are projected to be food insecure in Southern Africa (Figure 1). The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to magnify the scale and severity of food insecurity. • 2.3...
The last few days saw increased rainfall amounts in parts of Somaliland and Puntland which were associated with the passage of Tropical Storm GATI. Some stations like Bossaso recorded 128 mm...
Mosul 26 November 2020: FAO Iraq started its fodder seeds distribution for the first batch of livestock farmers' benefit of its EU-funded FAO project entitled: "Support of agricultural livelihoods of...
MESSAGES PRINCIPAUX La réalisation des objectifs de développement durable se heurte à un défi considérable: 3,2 milliards de personnes vivent dans des régions agricoles qui connaissent une rareté de...