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Afghanistan is a landlocked country with an area of 652,864 sq Km (ref.syb 08-09). The climate is mostly dry with extremes of cold winters and hot summers. Nature’s destructive patterns routinely affect and wreak havoc in the country. Earthquakes are frequent in northern parts of the country an…
Wednesday 4 July - 14:30-16:00 CEST (UTC/GMT+2, Rome time)
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Peter Anaadumba, South-South Cooperation Officer in the Regional Office for Africa, FAO
Neil Marsland, Senior Technical Officer, FAO
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The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodopter…
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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
By Sathis Sri Thanarajoo
Pest-Smart program aims to increase the awareness of farmers on alternative pest-related practices and enhance the capacity of plant doctors in dealing with pests and diseases.
Farmers and plant doctors in Ekxang Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Laos were trained on biologically-based alternatives to agrochemcicals use…
Dili - Timor-Leste continues to invest in measures to minimise the effects of disasters, the United Nations top disaster risk reduction official said during a three day visit to the country.
“Timor-Leste is working hard to respond more effectively to natural disasters,” said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reductio…
By Nelson Renteria
Ishuatan, El Salvador – In this small town, deep in the hills of El Salvador, farmers have become increasingly worried over the last five years as they see their crops of corn, beans and vegetables affected by heavy storms, droughts and hot spells.
To ease the problem, they are going back to school, to learn how to use indigenous ag…
Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA)
Afghanistan is a landlocked country with an area of 652,864 sq Km (ref.syb 08-09). The climate is mostly dry with extremes of cold winters and hot summers. Nature’s destructive patterns routinely affect and wreak havoc in the country. Earthquakes are frequent in northern parts of the country an…
Background
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the overseas relief and development arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It was founded in 1943 and works in over 100 countries globally. South Sudan has undergone tremendous change in the past six years since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Emerging from years of conf…
FAO calls for $23 million to scale up Fall Armyworm campaign – target is to reach more than 500 000 farmers in 2018
Fall Armyworm keeps spreading to larger areas within countries in sub-Saharan Africa and becomes more destructive as it feeds on more crops and different parts of crops, increasingly growing an appetite for sorghum and millet, in addition…
In 2017, FAO was at the forefront of supporting countries to tackle the fall armyworm, to reduce the risk of food insecurity among millions of Africans who depend on maize and other crops for their livelihoods. FAO’s technical expertise and ability to leverage its broad technical networks helped guide the response as the pest spread to ne…
By Godfred A. Polkuu
Kalbeo — The Bolgatanga Municipal Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has sensitized peasant farmers at Kalbeo, a community in the Municipality on effective ways to spray their farms to reduce the invasion of fall armyworms.
The farmers were shown the various types of chemicals used to spray the fall a…
This book sets out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change, as such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptati…
This brochure stresses that adapting food systems to climate change is essential for promoting food security and poverty alleviation, as well as for the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources. It also presents how the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supports countries in addressing climate change, with…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today began training 300 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees at as part of its action plan aimed at boosting the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) ground surveillance on desert locusts. An additional 300 trainees will participate in future capacity buildings exercises at t…
Press release:
Washington – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$87 million to support the Government of Mozambique’s efforts to develop a climate change-resilient economy and scale-up high impact nutrition interventions benefiting over one million Mozambicans.
The grant financing package from the International Development As…