FAO warns renewed desert locust infestation in Ethiopia, Somalia
FAO predicted hatching and band formation in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia with fledging and swarm formation from late June ...
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EU contribution of €8 million to strengthen gains in Desert Locust fight
Fatuma Abdi Dalmar has been a farmer all her life in Ethiopia. Her crops were devastated by Desert Locusts (PHOTO/Courtesy). ...
Fight against desert locusts in East Africa in peril amid funding shortfall
Swarm of locusts in western Kenya in 2020 (PHOTO/File). NAIROBI -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...
FAO, stakeholders, kick-off development of a five-year strategic plan for Uganda
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Permanent Secretary, Mr Pius Wakabi Kasajja during the launch of the process ...
DR QU DONGYU: Renewed at 75, with a sense of purpose as relevant as ever
Qu Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (PHOTO/Courtesy) WASHINGTON D.C - The UN’s ...
Calls mount for solidarity with Africa as COVID-19 worsens livelihood of Africans
A child wearing a face mask gets community free food in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 19, 2020 (PHOTO/Xinhua). NAIROBI -- ...
FAO restores hope for farmers who suffered 2019 floods in the East
Ms Mary Sapiri receives her FAO seeds from the Extention worker Ms Nalumansi and her LCI chairman Mr Joseph Amuya ...
Alarm over Desert Locusts increases as new generation of the destructive pests starts breeding in Horn of Africa
FAOwarns of unprecedented threat to food security & livelihoods. The potential for destruction is enormous (PHOTO/File) KAMPALA - The UN ...
KENNEDY NDUBUISI IGBOKWE: Sustainable management of water resources can reduce climate change negative impacts
Kennedy Ndubuisi Igbokwe, a Ph.D., Project Manager and Team Leader, Climate Change Program Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Uganda signs two agreements with China to boost agriculture, trade
The new agreement with China will foster increased private sector engagement and investment in the agricultural sector, ICT integration, and ...
