Transforming Africa’s agrifood systems requires coordinated policies across sectors
27 November 2021, Rome: To make them more sustainable, the transformation of agrifood systems across Africa needs a “cross-sectoral, holistic,
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Fall Armyworm: Scaling up response across the globe
27 November 2021, Rome: The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today
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Horn of Africa: “We want to prevent as many people as possible from having to rely solely on food assistance”
27 November 2021, Africa: Carla Mucavi, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s Representative in Kenya, stresses the
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A new partnership between FAO and the Qatar Fund for Development targets food insecurity in Somalia
25 November 2021, Rome: Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards
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Dreamworks Trolls and the UN launch campaign for healthier eating and more sustainable living
22 November 2021, Rome: The happy and colorful characters from DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls films have banded together with the United
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Afghanistan – to avert a catastrophe, agricultural assistance is urgently needed
20 November 2021, Rome: As the Afghan people confront widespread drought, the collapse of rural livelihoods and widespread economic upheaval,
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Seven reasons why pastoralism supports a better future
19 November 2021, Rome: Pastoralism, a traditional and extensive form of raising livestock, employs more than 200 million people in 100
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New “rooftop farm” at FAO highlights how innovative technology can help safeguard agro-biodiversity
19 November 2021, Rome: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a prototype rooftop farm at
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A revamped state-of-the-art forest and land monitoring tool to reverse forest loss and combat climate change
18 November 2021, Rome: Producing sound data on forests and land-use has become easier with the launch of a new phase of
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Africa’s Great Green Wall gives viable return on investments, FAO-led study finds
16 November 2021, Rome: Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region is not only crucial to the
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