Nairobi/Washington — Widespread acute malnutrition persists across Somalia and large numbers of people will be acutely food insecure through December 2015, following below average cereal harvests i

FAO and the Swedish-based development cooperation organization We Effect have agreed to work together to strengthen small-scale forest and farm producers' organizations in developing countries so t

The number of Somalis in hunger has risen in the past six months, the United Nations said on Monday, predicting a further spike as the Horn of Africa nation braces itself for the worst flooding in

Today, the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement to finance the Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme - Climate-Resilient

Severe and prolonged drought is threatening Central America's so-called dry corridor with critical food shortages for the second year in a row.

Gambians are gearing up for a grand celebration of the prestigious award presented to the country by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on June 9 2015, in Rome, Ital

A new open-access data portal to be developed by FAO will use satellite imagery to help water-scarce countries in the Near East and North Africa better manage this precious resource.

Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) is looking for $ 310,000 (approx.Rwf217 million) to prepare, within 18 months, the National Appropriate Mitigations Actions (NAMA) project, dubbed "Su

Central American and Caribbean governments on Thursday issued an official alert as severe drought in the region damages the crops of some 1.6 million people.

Addis Ababa — Partner countries and regional bodies will receive support to develop stronger policies in these crucial sectors