FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis Urgent action, in particular immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access, is required to address the widening famine in Sudan, where almost 25 million people face acute food insecurity, the Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization[Read More…]
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Somalia’s 1.7 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition
Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up response efforts With nearly 7 million people in Somalia – or two out of every five people – in need of life-saving assistance this year,[Read More…]
FAO to celebrate International Day of Potato annually on May 30
Observance helps highlight the potato’s importance for global agriculture, economic development, food security and nutrition The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the UN’s decision to designate 30 May as International Day of Potato, an opportunity to raise awareness of a crop regularly consumed by billions[Read More…]
