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UN issues red alert as conflict pushes five nations to brink of famine

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The United Nations has issued a dire warning that five countries — Sudan, South Sudan, Palestine (Gaza), Mali, and Haiti — are facing an imminent risk of famine, driven largely by conflict, climate shocks, and economic decline. In its latest Hunger Hotspots report released Monday (16 June), the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and Food […]
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FAO Warns of Escalating Desert Locust Threat Across North Africa and the Sahel

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has issued on June 10 a stark warning that desert locust swarms are expected to intensify across Libya and North Africa throughout June and July, posing a growing threat to food security in the region. The swarms, which are already forming in parts of Libya, […]
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33 African countries in need of food aid due to armed conflicts and drought — FAO

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A total of 45 countries and regions worldwide, including 33 in Africa, are in need of external assistance for food, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has warned. The FAO’s latest “Crop Prospects and Food Situation” report indicates that 33 African countries are in dire need of external assistance for food […]
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Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum aims to boost funding for agrifood systems in Sahel

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Governments from Africa’s Sahel have recently met with potential donors and other organizations at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2023, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), where they presented dozens of projects aimed at boosting agricultural production and food security in a sustainable and profitable way. The FAO’s matchmaking initiative, […]
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Global action needed to improve access to fertilizers, avert food crisis in Africa – WTO-FAO study

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There is an urgent need for global action to address the fertilizer crisis, most importantly by keeping the fertilizer market open to meet global demand and to avoid a food availability crisis, says a latest study issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 14 November. The […]
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Morocco Testing Green Technologies in Farming

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Morocco has been picked up to participate in a project to spread the use of green technologies in farming and food processing. The project, launched in 2015 at the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the EBRD and the International Energy Agency to promote the use of green technologies in farming, is primarily destined […]