Today is World Press Freedom day,we pay tribute to all media & communications workers in the Peace-Humanitarian & Development space not forgetting our own FAO in South Sudan comms team; Chaka, Mogga, Bullen, Mary who publicize our work. #PressForThePlanet

.Food and Agriculture Organization’s #Livestock team travelled to hard-to-reach areas to help beneficiaries in Lotimor & Kauta in Kapoeta East.

They trained Community Animal #Health Workers & conducted vaccinations & treatment.
Protecting the communities' 🐄🐐 safeguards key resources.

🙏 to African Development Bank Group.

.Food and Agriculture Organization’s #Livestock team travelled to hard-to-reach areas to help beneficiaries in Lotimor & Kauta in Kapoeta East.

They trained Community Animal #Health Workers & conducted vaccinations & treatment.

Protecting the communities' 🐄🐐 safeguards key resources.

🙏 to African Development Bank Group.

.Food and Agriculture Organization & World Bank visited a cattle camp at MAFAO today as part of the livestock vaccination campaign.

🙏 to the World Bank, FAO supports pastoralist communities to ensure their 🐄🐐 are healthy while empowering them to value the importance of #Livestock commercialization.

.Food and Agriculture Organization's Emergency Locust Response Program helped Agnes plan her future after receiving teak tree seedlings.

'These are my teak seedlings 🌱 I will harvest & sell them to support my children's education and build a house 🛖'

FAO continues to support beneficiaries like Agnes.

After Food and Agriculture Organization handed over the teak nursery to the 🇸🇸 Central State Min. of #Agriculture at Rombur Boma, 9 000 seedlings 🌱 were distributed under the Emergency Locust Response Program.

This will support locals to generate income, restock the forest, and combat #ClimateChange .

.Food and Agriculture Organization conducted a five-day refresher training for Community-Based Animal Health Workers in the Abyei region.

FAO partnered with IOM South Sudan to train CAHWs to strengthen the network for improving the effectiveness of 🐄 health services delivery to rural communities.

🙏 KOICA.

The Min. of Livestock & Fisheries, Onyoti Adigo, briefed the media in Juba on South Sudan Government’s participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization Africa Regional Conference in Morocco recently.

The conference focused on Resilient agri-food systems and inclusive rural transformation.

#ARC33

Fostering knowledge sharing within FAO in Africa’s initiative, FAO in South Sudan plays a key role in peer-to-peer & cross-program practice-based learning.

Together, we're working towards a standardized resilience measurement tool, enhancing program effectiveness ✅

#LeaveNoOneBehind

We are glad to send the second shipment of farming tools ⛏️ to #Torit for beneficiaries to boost their production during this main farming season 👩‍🌾

🙏 to our donors for the funding. Food and Agriculture Organization continues to support the people of 🇸🇸 in producing their food to combat #FoodInsecurity .

United Nations in 🇸🇸 calls for urgent release of trucks carrying fuel and other critical supplies after Government commits to rescinding tax demands.
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The Embassies of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America urge the transitional government to immediately halt recent actions that have imposed illicit and unacceptable…

.Food and Agriculture Organization's engagement with the local authorities remains crucial for capacity development in the #Abyei region.

🙏 KOICA, our partnership with IOM South Sudan provides training on monitoring & evaluation systems to foster a sense of ownership & ensure the program’s sustainability.

Beneficiaries in Maban harvest their vegetables 🥬 after receiving training from Food and Agriculture Organization.

FAO’s support helps protect their #Livelihoods through enhancing food production & strengthening #Resilience .

Thank you Norway | South Sudan 🇳🇴 for making this possible.

.FAO Director-General QU Dongyu QU Dongyu met with Josephine Lagu, Min. of Ministry of Agric and Food Security - South Sudan at #ARC33 in the Kingdom of Morocco, which is putting a spotlight on the FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022 to 2031.

FAO is committed to supporting resilient agrifood systems & inclusive rural transformation in South Sudan.

The Min. of Ministry of Agric and Food Security - South Sudan 🇸🇸 Josephine Lagu attended the 33rd session of the FAO Regional Conference for #Africa in the Kingdom of #Morocco .

The event highlights #FAO ’s framework for:

🔹 Better production
🔸 Better nutrition
🔹 Better environment
🔸 Better life

#LeaveNoOneBehind .

📍South Sudan🇸🇸
The project is empowering communities to develop their own actions to cope with, withstand, & bounce back from the challenges of climate & conflict shocks, w/ IOM South Sudan, FAO in South Sudan, UN Women South Sudan
➡️PBF Partners from🇧🇷🇪🇺🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇪🇯🇵🇳🇱🇳🇴🇬🇧 visit 🇸🇸 this week

PBF partners visited the vegetable gardens developed by communities in Malakal, South Sudan🇸🇸.
Together w/ IOM South Sudan, FAO in South Sudan, UN Women South Sudan we are helping to develop local solutions to build climate resilience and advance peace and stability.

Teresa in Malakal benefits from Food and Agriculture Organization's Local Solutions to Build #Climate #Resilience & Advance Peace & Stability program funded by the 🇺🇳 #Peacebuilding Fund.

'With the income from the harvests I can take my children to the hospital & supplement our diet.'

🙏 United Nations Peacebuilding

A team from the UN #Peacebuilding Fund 🕊️ visited our project site in Malakal & interacted with beneficiaries.

With their funding, Food and Agriculture Organization is able to support conflict-affected societies with agricultural assistance to sustain their livelihoods.

🙏 United Nations Peacebuilding for the support.