June 26
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Madagascar: Locust Plague Threatens to Trigger Severe Food Crisis in Madagascar
Madagascar is in the grips of a largely uncontrolled locust plague and risks a serious food crisis. A large-scale emergency control campaign urgently requires a minimum of $22... Read more »
June 06
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Africa: OECD-FAO Expect Slower Global Agricultural Production Growth [press release]
Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5 percent a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1 percent between 2003 and 2012, according... Read more »
June 04
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Africa: FAO Urges End of Malnutrition As Priority [press release]
Denouncing the huge social and economic costs of malnutrition, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today called for resolute efforts to eradicate malnutrition as... Read more »
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Africa: End Malnutrition Now
The world community has decided, at last, to get serious about nutrition. That is the big message coming from national leaders and nutrition experts who will participate in the... Read more »
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Africa: FAO Urges End of Malnutrition as Priority
Social and economic costs of global malnutrition unacceptable. Twenty six percent of all children under five are stunted Read more »
June 01
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Africa: Food Security to Be At Center of Africa Development Agenda [press release]
The three heads of the Rome-based United Nations agencies today called for food security and nutrition to be placed at the centre of the international agenda for African... Read more »
May 29
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Africa: Belgium Donates U.S.$11.9 Million to Fight Poverty, Aid Governance [press release]
Belgium has announced its full support of the renewed FAO Strategic Framework through direct funding to the FAO budget. Belgium will donate €9.2 million over the three-year... Read more »
May 28
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Africa: Cassava's Huge Potential As 21st Century Crop [press release]
Save and Grow, an environmentally-friendly farming model promoted by FAO, can sustainably increase cassava yields by up to 400 percent and help turn this staple from a poor... Read more »
May 23
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Sudan: FAO Expands Support for National Food Security Information Systems in South Sudan [press release]
FAO has launched a $9 million project on information for decision making for food and nutrition security. This initiative will assist the government of the Republic of South Sudan... Read more »
April 22
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Africa: Focus On Streamlining, Reform At FAO Council [press release]
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today opened the FAO Council, presenting the 2014-2015 Programme of Work and Budget which calls for an increase of 1 percent of... Read more »
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Africa: First Global Plan of Action for Forest Genetic Resources Adopted [press release]
The first Global Plan for Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources was adopted last week by FAO's Commission on Genetic Resources... Read more »
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Africa: "Enormous Opportunity" for Ending Hunger in Africa [press release]
Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a High-Level meeting of African and... Read more »
April 21
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Africa: Rome-Based UN Agencies Are Honorary Citizens of Rome [press release]
The three Rome-based UN agencies - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food... Read more »
April 12
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Africa: The Tricky Task Of Protecting Plants In a Globalized Age [press release]
Odds are, today you ate something that came from another hemisphere. A mind-boggling $1.7 billion worth of agricultural products are traded internationally each year, with food... Read more »
April 09
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Africa: New E-Learning Course for Safer Trade in Forest Commodities [press release]
Highlights key role of pest prevention and phytosanitary measures for international trade in forest products Read more »
March 27
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Africa: Netting Flies and Mosquitoes Protects Livestock, Boosts Milk Yields [press release]
A simple but innovative use of insecticide-impregnated nets to protect livestock is doubling and in some cases tripling milk outputs on smallholder dairy farms while also reducing... Read more »
March 26
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Madagascar: Madagascar Needs More Than U.S $41 Million to End Locust Plague [press release]
Madagascar needs more than $22 million of emergency funding by June to start fighting a severe locust plague that threatens the country's next cropping seasons and the food... Read more »
March 25
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Africa: FAO Forestry Chief to Lead UN-Wide Preps for Expo 2015 [press release]
Food security and sustainability top agenda as Rojas-Briales takes helm Read more »
March 19
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Africa: Lula DA Silva, Kufuor - Political Commitment Crucial to End Hunger and Food Insecurity in Africa [press release]
Former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and John Kufuor of Ghana have called for strong political will to bring an end to hunger in Africa, while participating... Read more »
March 14
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Africa: UN Lays Foundations for More Drought Resilient Societies [press release]
A top-level United Nations conference has, for the first time, laid the foundations for practical and proactive national drought policies to increase resilience to the world's most... Read more »
March 13
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Africa: New Metric to Be Launched On Hunger and Food Insecurity [press release]
A new, faster and more precise way of measuring hunger and food insecurity across the world is soon to be field-tested by FAO in several pilot countries. Read more »
March 08
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Uganda: Uganda Encouraged to Embrace Commercial Farming [press release]
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with Ugandan Vice-President Edward Sekandi to discuss ways to ensure food security for all Ugandans and reduce poverty by... Read more »
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Africa: On International Women's Day, FAO, Ifad, WFP and IDLO Highlight Link Between Women, Violence and Food Security [press release]
March 07
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Africa: Increased Wheat Production Seen in 2013 [press release]
FAO food price index stable Read more »
March 06
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Malawi: Ending Hunger and Malnutrition in Malawi [press release]
Crop diversification, increasing the productivity and production of farmers through small-scale irrigation projects, improving local market systems, and other actions being... Read more »
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