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BookletHigh-profileDesert locust upsurge
Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, May–August 2021
2021Also available in:
No results found.The fight against desert locust continues in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, now raging for 20 months – since January 2020. Collective efforts from governments, FAO and partners are proving extremely effective in controlling this upsurge, which is the worst to hit the region in 70 years. Thanks to generous contributions from 29 partners, in addition to FAO’s own resources, close to USD 220 million have been mobilized towards FAO’s desert locust appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen as of the end of August 2021. This represents 95 percent of the resources needed to continue the operation until the first quarter of 2022. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureDesert locust upsurge in the Greater Horn of Africa
Control operations with a child protection lens
2021Also available in:
No results found.When an emergency or humanitarian crisis strikes, there is a high likelihood that children’s lives will be negatively affected, modifying their role within the household and the community. Since the beginning of 2020, a serious and widespread desert locust upsurge continues to threaten crops and pasture across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, and the livelihoods of more than 20 million people. Further affected countries are Eritrea, Djibouti, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Uganda and Yemen, where more than half of the population are children. This technical brief offers ways in which coordination between desert locust control operations actors, partners, line ministries and community members can include child protection in the implementation of desert locust response plans and interventions. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEvaluation reportReal-time evaluation of FAO's response to the desert locust upsurge 2020–2021: Phase II
Executive summary
2021Also available in:
No results found.A devastating desert locust upsurge has spread across parts of the Near East, the Greater Horn of Africa and South West Asia in 2020–2021, posing risks to livelihoods and food security in the region. FAO's intervention has been to curb the spread of desert locust, safeguarding livelihoods and providing recovery, and coordinating and preparing the rapid surge support. This report showcases the second phase of the real-time evaluation, in which the following issues have been investigated: i) country-level results from case studies; ii) management and operational processes; and iii) extent to which lessons from countries and regions are transferred to other contexts. Six priority areas emerged from this process: i) country-level training and capacity development; ii) national locust control and architecture; iii) procurement; iv) pesticide management; v) livelihoods support; and vi) innovation and learning.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileBeneficios nutricionales de las Legumbres
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2021Uno de los cinco mensajes que la FAO quiere transmitir en este 2016 Año Internacional de las Legumbreses destacar los beneficios nutricionales de las legumbres y orientar hacia una mayor inclusión de esta excelente fuente nutricional en los regímenes de alimentación de todo el mundo. -
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005
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Book (stand-alone)FAO strategy / plan / policy / roadmapUnited Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 - Global Action Plan 2019Agriculture today faces increasing pressure to provide sufficient, affordable and nutritious food for a growing population, cope with climate change and the degradation of natural resources, including water scarcity, soil depletion, and biodiversity loss. Pervasive inequalities between rural and urban areas have led to an unprecedented level of urbanization. To feed the world and do it sustainably, an urgent and radical shift in our food systems is necessary. To be effective, transformative actions must address a complex set of interconnected objectives encompassing economic, social and environmental dimensions. Family farmers are at the heart of this issue. They provide the majority of the world’s food, are the major investors in agriculture and the backbone of the rural economic structure. The Global Action Plan of the UNDFF provides detailed guidance for the international community on collective, coherent and comprehensive actions that can be taken to support family farmers. It outlines a comprehensive approach to support efforts to achieve the SDGs, in the context of the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food. Designed around seven mutually reinforcing pillars of work, the Global Action Plan recommends a series of interconnected actions from the local to the global level. Any interventions developed during the decade must always consider the diversity of family farmers. They should be context-specific, adapted to regional, national, local socio-cultural and socio-economic conditions. To guarantee the success of the UNDFF, all actions should place family farmers at the center and be implemented through bottom-up, participatory and inclusive processes.