The flash floods that hit the North-East of Afghanistan in May 2024 devastated rural livelihoods and left farmers without means of subsistence.

Food and Agriculture Organization is on the ground, providing emergency assistance to rehabilitate irrigation infrastructures and to prevent disease outbreaks.

In Uganda, refugees like Miriam find new hope.

Food and Agriculture Organization is working to transform lives through agriculture and clean energy.

Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay , learn how #AgricultureCan fuel a brighter and safer future for refugees like Miriam 👇

What are Farmer Field Schools (FFS)? And how can they support rural smallholder farmers?

Find out how this Food and Agriculture Organization FFS project is helping livestock keepers in Afghanistan keep their animals healthy and productive 👉 bit.ly/3XhFIX8

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With technical support from Food and Agriculture Organization, #SADC Member States are meeting in 🇿🇦 to generate & validate evidence-based impact analysis concerning #ElNino induced drought. Including an agricultural damage and loss assessment in the region. SADC Secretariat
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Did you know that there is no cure for rabies once symptoms appear?

That’s why vaccination campaigns are a key part of Food and Agriculture Organization #ECTAD ’s support to Member Nations in combatting this deadly disease.

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Yemen remains one of the largest food security crises in the world.

One in two Yemenis are acutely food insecure, and every other child under 5 years of age is stunted.

Restoring and protecting livelihoods is vital to the humanitarian response.

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Droughts disproportionately affect women.

In Pakistan, thanks to EU Humanitarian Aid | Asia-Pacific's funding, Food and Agriculture Organization's #AnticipatoryAction system addresses this inequality from planning through to implementation.

Aziza explains how this agricultural assistance has supported her and her family 👇

Ismael is one of the 800K+ Afghan farmers who received Food and Agriculture Organization livestock assistance in 2022 & 2023.

Thanks to training & inputs, funded by Asian Development Bank, the health of his cows improved, resulting in increased milk production, higher income & #BetterNutrition for his family.

Did you know that Food and Agriculture Organization supports antimicrobial susceptibility testing for both land and sea animals?

A recent training in Cambodia empowered national aquaculture officers’ skills in measuring #antimicrobialresistance levels in fish farms.

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El Niño-induced climate hazards pose high risks to #FoodSecurity .

By disrupting rainfall and temperature patterns, #ElNiño can strongly impact agriculture and rural livelihoods.

How Food and Agriculture Organization is working to mitigate its effects on vulnerable communities 👉 bit.ly/3KIJwsZ

An #ElNiño -induced drought is threatening the livelihoods of farmers in the Philippines.

FAO, EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 and @dswdserves joined forces to boost the resilience of affected farmers with #AnticipatoryAction interventions that include cash, tools and cash-for-work activities.

With #WorldRefugeeDay fast approaching, read Food and Agriculture Organization's Q&A on forced displacement to understand the work we do #WithRefugees and how #AgricultureCan build a more inclusive world and achieve #DurableSolutions .

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There’s a lot keeping all of us “awake at night” … thanks Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 for sharing stories of United Nations leaders through your podcast.

Such an honor to be a guest for one of your future episodes … stay tuned for its release!

Viet Nam plays a key role in transboundary wildlife trade.

Food and Agriculture Organization #ECTAD and the Vietnamese authorities successfully conducted a five-month survey of captive wildlife facilities to identify and mitigate disease transmission risks.

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This new Food and Agriculture Organization assessment provides an overview of the #FoodSecurity and livelihoods situation in government‑controlled areas of Ukraine in order to inform evidence-based decision making.

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Acute food insecurity is expected to soar in 18 hunger hotspots unless immediate action is taken warns this latest Food and Agriculture Organization-World Food Programme report.

Mali, Palestine, South Sudan and the Sudan remain at the highest concern level.

Read the #HungerHotspots report: bit.ly/3Vthhob

With support from USAID Kenya & Workforce Development Action Package of GHSA, FAO in Kenya trained animal health workers on disease detection reporting & response to zoonoses including transboundary, endemic, emerging, and re-emerging diseases.
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Thanks to funding from USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, results from round 16 of the Food and Agriculture Organization #DataInEmergencies household monitoring survey in #Yemen have been released.

Learn more about the impacts of shocks on livelihoods and #FoodSecurity here 👉 bit.ly/4aIRNrj

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Tune in to the latest Food and Agriculture Organization Impact episode to learn how #ECTAD partnered with women farmers in Bangladesh to vaccinate their poultry flocks, thus protecting health and livelihoods.

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In Myanmar, Food and Agriculture Organization assisted over 7 500 households affected by conflict and food insecurity in Rakhine State with cash, agricultural inputs and productive support.

How #SocialProtection enabled the distribution of assistance in difficult circumstances 👉 bit.ly/456C3gH