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Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger, reveals new UN Report

63 Views July 12, 2021July 13, 2021#Africa, #Hunger report, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

Africa posts biggest jump ADDIS ABABA – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations

FAO’s $10.6mln Project to Mitigate the Impact of Forecasted Drought in Ethiopia

134 Views April 8, 2021#Afar region, #agriculture, #Ethiopia, #SNNP region, #Somali region, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABABA – With funding from the United Nations Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN CERF), the UN Food and Agriculture

Locust infestation declines in Horn of Africa: FAO

99 Views March 26, 2021March 29, 2021#Desert Locust, #East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Kenya, #Locust invasion, #Somalia, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABABA – Delayed rains in the Horn of Africa have helped to keep the locust population down, the UN

New Wave of Locust Swarms Threaten East Africa

80 Views December 17, 2020December 22, 2020#East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Locust, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABEBA – New swarms of desert locusts are threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in East Africa despite

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Ethiopia Steps Up Aerial Spraying to Stop New Desert Locust Invasion

79 Views May 12, 2020May 13, 2020#agriculture, #Ethiopia, #Locust invasion, #Locusts, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has deployed helicopters to spray new swarms of desert locusts that are eating crops and threatening

Locust Swarms on the move, Continue to Pose Threat

58 Views October 29, 2019October 31, 2019#Desert Locust, #Ethiopia, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABEBA – Desert locust swarms that formed from recent breeding during the summer are moving into new areas in

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Healthy Diets Central to Achieving Food and Nutrition Security

55 Views October 16, 2019October 16, 2019#Crop and livestock, #Ethiopia, #Food Security, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABEBA – On 16 October 2019, Ethiopia joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day. The

FAO Warns Locust Outbreak in Ethiopia, East Africa

96 Views July 26, 2019July 29, 2019#Desert Locust, #East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Somalia, #UN FAO Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABEBA – Desert Locust can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas of Ethiopia and the rest of