Floods in Nigeria destroy crops for 8.5 million people

Floods in Nigeria destroy crops for 8.5 million people

Floods in Nigeria have devastated crops that could have fed 8.5 million people for six months, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Bloomberg News reports that the floods hit just as the harvest season began, submerging farmland in Africa's most populous country. Farmers, who expected a bumper harvest this year, have seen their groundnuts, vegetables, and rice fields flooded. Moreover, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has […]

September 26, 2024 12

World

Global hunger set to rise amid record displacement, warn FAO, UNHCR

Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million last year, the fifth year in a row that food security worsened. According to the latest global report on the food crisis, more than 1 in 5 people in 59 countries face acute insecurity in 2023. The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation Dominique Burgeon meanwhile says conflict in Sudan has created a hunger crisis.

April 25, 2024 37

Africa

Senior FAO official warns of real risk of famine in Sudan

Sudan’s food security crisis is a matter of deep concern with a very real risk there could be famine there, Rein Paulsen the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience has told UN News. The FAO is supporting vulnerable farms to boost crop production and is implementing famine prevention strategies, including vaccinating animals.

April 22, 2024 16

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Oshiwambo

Aanafalama konooli yoshilongo taya pewa omadheulo genasha nomukithi gwepunga

Uuministeli wuunamapya palongelokumwe nehangano lyo World and Food Organisation otawu gandja omadheulo goku kondolola etandeelo lyomukithi go bovine pleuropneumonia-CBPP ano omukithi gwepunga kaanafaalama yokonooli yoshilongo uule wiiwike iyali yili komeho. Omupopiliko guuministeli Simon Nghipandulwa ohela okwa tsu omukumo aanafalama yokonooli ya kuthe ombinga momadhuelo ngoka ga tameke ohela,taga hulu mo 15 March koombelewa dhuuminsteli miitopolwa. Oombelewa dhiitopolwa odhili ko Otjinungua noko Etanga mo Kunene oshowo ko Etendereramo Kavango west […]

February 29, 2024 24 3

Namibia

NSA and FAO assess agriculture statistical system

The Namibia Statistics Agency and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, have conducted an Assessment Findings Workshop on the Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics in Namibia. FAO country representative, Qingyun Diao, says the workshop will help with integrating the agriculture sector into the national statistical system. Since the inception workshop in July 2023, the NSA, in collaboration with FAO and the support of sub-sector experts, has conducted a […]

February 1, 2024 6

Local

Namibian photograph wins international award.

A photograph of a Mahangu (Pearl Millet) harvester in northern Namibia has won first prize in an international photographic competition organised by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The competition was part of the FAO’s International Year of Millets, which raised awareness of the nutritional benefits of millets, including Mahangu, and their cultivation under changing climate conditions. The picture, taken in May 2021 by Jonathon Rees, shows […]

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