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Peace and Food Security: two imperatives for Africa’s development
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| Addis Ababa – The dream of an Africa without hunger may seem elusive, but when governments and partners take bold measures to deal with the root causes of conflict, it could be possible. |
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The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund donates $1 million to efforts to combat Desert Locust in East Africa
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| Rome - The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to combat the worsening Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa. |
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FAO and partners stress urgent need on Desert Locust Response
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| Addis Ababa - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners appealed for urgent scaling up of response actions by all actors to mitigate the devastating impact of the Desert Locust on food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa. |
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FAO appeals for collaborative action to ensure nutrition sensitive and community driven school food and nutrition in Eastern Africa
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| Addis Ababa - Aiming to contribute towards improving capacities and policy environment for school food & nutrition initiatives in Eastern Africa, the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) convened workshop on School Meals from 18-19 December 2019 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. |
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United Nations regional office plugs into renewable energy source
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Accra—To reduce its carbon footprint by creating climate smart facilities, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Africa inaugurated its new solar energy system, a first among FAO offices in the region.
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Changing the academic landscape for sustainable agriculture and food security
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| Ghana – As Africa continues to experience significant structural changes in the agricultural landscape and food systems, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sees that building the capacities of universities on the continent to provide new solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains a priority. |
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UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger amid rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis
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| February 2020 - The number of people facing critical lack of food, and vital livelihood in the Central Sahel has spiked in one year due to rising insecurity compounded with climatic shocks. It may further deteriorate if the international community does not act now, three United Nations agencies warned today. |
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FAO convenes a sixth meeting to assess the current state of demersal fish stocks across the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
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| Mauritania – The sixth session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Resources was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from the 2nd to the 10th of December, with the support of FAO Mauritania and the Mauritanian Institute for Oceanographic Research and Fisheries (IMROP). |
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Job creation in aquaculture sector in Southern Africa takes centre stage
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South Africa — The aquaculture sector has significant potential to create jobs for young people in Southern Africa. In order to create a platform to bring in the aspects of aquaculture sectoral development, advocacy and policy dialogue, the Southern Africa Development Community supported by FAO’s Subregional Office for Southern Africa, Advance Africa, and the Africa Centre of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (Aquafish) / Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), organised a training course in South Africa.
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FAO supports SADC member states to strength measures to control fruit fly
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Maputo - Fruit fly poses serious threat to trade and in order to mitigate its effects, Mozambique hosted Regional Training Workshop on the identification, biology, ecology, management strategies and impact assessment of the pest. The workshop held over five days in the last week of January was aimed preventing the spread of pests on plants and plant products as well as the promotion of appropriate measures for their control in the region.
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