Cyclone Idai: 'Race against time’ to help women who bore the brunt
28 march 2019 - 06:54:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As the full extent of destruction caused by Cyclone Idai across southern Africa continues to be [...] Full text...
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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As the full extent of destruction caused by Cyclone Idai across southern Africa continues to be [...] Full text...
‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
27 march 2019 - 05:05:18New York, US (PANA) - Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers [...] Full text...
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Fall amyworm traced in Rodrigues
26 march 2019 - 15:19:12Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday informed Parliament that his ministry [...] Full text...
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Liberia, IFAD partner to improve smallholder farmers’ incomes and climate resilience
25 march 2019 - 15:48:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - About 10,000 cocoa smallholder producers in Liberia will benefit from a new US$47.6 million project that [...] Full text...
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Safe drinking water, sanitation, are ‘basic human rights’: UN report
20 march 2019 - 09:28:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Safe water and access to proper sanitation are essential to eradicate poverty, build peaceful societies and ensure that no [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: Emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns WFP
19 march 2019 - 20:30:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming [...] Full text...
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Kenya sets aside US$20 million for food, water in drought-hit counties
18 march 2019 - 16:35:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government late Monday announced a US$20million funding to facilitate ongoing food relief programmes and [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique, Malawi
15 march 2019 - 20:51:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Idai cuts electricity and communications in Mozambique’s Beira city
15 march 2019 - 15:17:16Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall during Thursday night near Beira city of Sofala Province in central [...] Full text...
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Weather forecast warns of strong winds, rain across Rwanda
14 march 2019 - 20:44:29Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Severe weather conditions bringing strong winds and downpours are expected across different parts of Rwanda, especially [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai due to make landfall in central Mozambique
14 march 2019 - 16:29:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Idai has regained intensity and is expected to make landfall near Beira City, in [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai causes widespread damage and floods in Malawi and Mozambique
13 march 2019 - 13:29:15Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Flooding in Malawi and Mozambique has affected nearly 843,000 people and caused at least 60 deaths [...] Full text...
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CAR and IFAD promote smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change
12 march 2019 - 13:50:33Rome, Italy (PANA) – Nearly 30,000 vulnerable households in Central African Republic (CAR) will be better equipped to deal with [...] Full text...
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IFAD against gender disparities in agriculture
07 march 2019 - 19:33:21Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Women's Day celebrations, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural [...] Full text...
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Fire wipes out whole village in southern Senegal
02 march 2019 - 14:38:04Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A village in southern Senegal was wiped off the map on Friday night by a violent [...] Full text...
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Titanium firm in Kenya uses corporate power to benefit farmers (Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
02 march 2019 - 10:26:15Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – Esther Ngwadeta speaks highly of her newest trade. She managed a harvest of five kilograms of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches Crop Loss Compensation Scheme for farmers
01 march 2019 - 08:26:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Crop Loss Compensation Scheme for the benefit of small non-sugar planters registered with the Small [...] Full text...
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IFAD and Egypt promote resilience in desert environments
19 february 2019 - 12:53:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Egypt signed a financing agreement on Tuesday to [...] Full text...
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Mozambique: Transformation of small-scale farm industry results in promising rice crop production (A feature by AfDB)
19 january 2019 - 07:10:50Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Locally-grown rice and vegetables are flourishing in Mozambique’s Massangena district, a testament to the success of [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Partners, to host workshop on COMESA Harmonisation of Seed Policy
13 december 2018 - 05:47:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - For two days from Thursday, the African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Technologies for African Agriculture [...] Full text...
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Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns
05 december 2018 - 22:47:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United [...] Full text...
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US$20 million facility for Meridian’s soft commodity value-chain operations in Southern Africa
04 december 2018 - 13:08:06Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Trade Finance operations, has signed a US$20 million facility [...] Full text...
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Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency
15 november 2018 - 05:02:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are [...] Full text...
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'Spike in violence in Somalia forces 21,000 people to flee their homes'
01 november 2018 - 12:03:44Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Multiple regions in Somalia have seen a rise in fighting in October, pushing thousands of families [...] Full text...
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Plastic-busting fungi may help tackle pollution, climate change: UN Environment
01 november 2018 - 05:04:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - When it comes to helping green our world, organic mushrooms from the local market may be [...] Full text...
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IAEA funds Gravity-Fed Drip Irrigation System for Vulnerable Farmers
25 october 2018 - 19:29:01Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has funded the purchase of 25 gravity-fed drip kits, 250 [...] Full text...
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Killing of farmers threatens food security in northeast Nigeria
24 october 2018 - 04:51:44Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - Repeated attacks against farmers risk aggravating the food crisis in northeast Nigeria. Farmers must be protected [...] Full text...
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Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life in Nigeria floods
11 october 2018 - 20:16:25New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday he is “deeply saddened”, as the [...] Full text...
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African Union Commission Chief concludes 1st phase of West African tour
04 october 2018 - 13:51:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As part of his regular interactions with the Heads of State and Government of Member [...] Full text...
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PACA calls for enhanced country-led approaches for sustainable aflatoxin mitigation in Africa
04 october 2018 - 13:30:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on all AU [...] Full text...
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Sudan raises wheat price, announces figures of summer produce crops
01 october 2018 - 14:09:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The government on Sunday has raised the minimum price of 50kg bag of wheat by almost [...] Full text...
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Mauritius' sugar production forecast to fall by 7.1% in 2018
27 september 2018 - 07:21:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture announced on Thursday that production of sugar for the crop year [...] Full text...
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Arab, African agric. ministers call for use of ICT for better agricultural production
26 september 2018 - 14:41:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ministers of Agriculture from African and Arab countries, meeting in Khartoum to discuss increased agricultural production, [...] Full text...
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AfDB seeks partnerships to lift 1 billion people out of hunger globally
26 september 2018 - 13:20:08Indianapolis, US (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on global partners to join hands to lift one [...] Full text...
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South Sudan gov't troops, militias commit new atrocities - Rights group says
19 september 2018 - 05:13:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The staggering brutality of a recent military offensive in South Sudan – including murder of [...] Full text...
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AfDB says staple crops processing zones will transform African agriculture
16 september 2018 - 11:58:58Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Saying that “African zones will allow African countries to substantially reduce food imports, and become [...] Full text...
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Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
11 september 2018 - 11:27:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, [...] Full text...
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Tobacco control, a ‘major component’ of environmental protection efforts – WHO official
05 september 2018 - 07:05:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From deforestation to soil degradation and pollution, tobacco production and its use by consumers, is “tremendously [...] Full text...
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Lake Chad crisis risks new, protracted conflict in Africa, warns humanitarian charity
04 september 2018 - 07:29:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Dependent on aid, neglected and affected by climate change and conflict, millions of people are fighting [...] Full text...
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New study cautions on irrigation technology investments without policies to save freshwater
24 august 2018 - 18:50:33Washington D.C, US (PANA) - Increasing irrigation efficiency through irrigation technologies alone is failing to reduce water consumption and, paradoxically, [...] Full text...
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Small-scale horticulture project transforming lives in Kenya (An AfDB Feature)
24 august 2018 - 13:47:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade after going through a food crisis and in the aftermath of the drought in [...] Full text...
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AfDB's work in agric. reduces poverty in eastern Côte d’Ivoire (An AfDB Feature)
17 august 2018 - 13:42:00Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is ramping up the pace of its work in the [...] Full text...
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FAO helps farmer field schools in South Sudan (A feature by FAO)
13 august 2018 - 09:12:44Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Akuilina Ihurre used to think she was too old to join a farmers’ group but [...] Full text...
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Severe food insecurity stalks two Madagascar regions
09 august 2018 - 09:30:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About 1.26 million people are expected to be severely food insecure in the Grand [...] Full text...
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ICRC gives 18,000 families seeds, food assistance in Sudan's Central Darfur state
03 august 2018 - 05:52:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Some 18,000 families in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, about 14,000 in Rokero and 4,000 [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners move to control Fall Armyworm threat in southern Africa
25 july 2018 - 15:53:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners are to convene for talks on controlling Fall Armyworm [...] Full text...
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Poorest countries face growing burden from cost of importing food - FAO
10 july 2018 - 09:50:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food imports are placing an increasing burden on the world's poorest countries, a new FAO report [...] Full text...
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7 years after South Sudan's independence, humanitarian needs are unprecedented - NRC
10 july 2018 - 07:04:57Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for the recent peace deal in South [...] Full text...
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Environment watchdog fingers China for ozone destruction
09 july 2018 - 12:15:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global environment investigating agency said on Monday it has evidence showing that significant and unexplained [...] Full text...
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International Day of Cooperatives sets stage for long-standing production, consumption
08 july 2018 - 06:34:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Each year on the first Saturday in July, the international community celebrates the International Day of [...] Full text...
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Côte d’Ivoire sustaining economic transformation, committed to reduce budget deficit
30 june 2018 - 09:28:45Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently completed its annual health check of the Ivorian economy [...] Full text...
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New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Fall Armyworm
25 june 2018 - 19:54:15Rome, Italy (PANA) - Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on [...] Full text...
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How partnerships are the way forward in tackling global challenges (Feature by FAO)
24 june 2018 - 04:34:47Rome, Italy (PANA) - We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. [...] Full text...
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FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm (Feature by FAO)
23 june 2018 - 06:26:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - ‘With a good harvest, we have enough maize for ourselves, and then some to sell. But [...] Full text...
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Rockefeller Foundation, FAO supporting Africa to halve food loss
21 june 2018 - 12:01:36Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated [...] Full text...
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FAO calls for pro-active, long-term planning against droughts
15 june 2018 - 11:03:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for a fundamental shift in the way [...] Full text...
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FAO, partner launch programme to boost soil productivity in Africa
13 june 2018 - 19:21:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its Global Soil Partnership on Wednesday launched [...] Full text...
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FAO says child labour in agriculture is on the rise, driven by conflict and disasters
12 june 2018 - 09:39:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent [...] Full text...
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FAO lists actions to transforming food and agriculture
08 june 2018 - 05:55:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - To help policy makers and other development actors accelerate progress towards global promises to end poverty [...] Full text...
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Local food varieties can support nutrition and food security (Feature by FAO)
03 june 2018 - 04:10:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The population of Pohnpei, one of the islands in Micronesia, a country situated in the western [...] Full text...
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Sweden supports drought-stricken farmers and herders in the Sahel
31 may 2018 - 09:59:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sweden, through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will support drought-stricken farmers and herders [...] Full text...
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FAO chief warns against use of antimicrobial medicines to promote growth in farm animals
30 may 2018 - 11:55:10Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on Wednesday that antimicrobials are [...] Full text...
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Promoting biodiversity across all agricultural sectors ‘fundamental’ — FAO chief
30 may 2018 - 07:09:56Rome, Italy (PANA) - Changing how countries across the world produce food is “fundamental” to protecting the future of the [...] Full text...
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FAO chief stresses need to protect agriculture, local food systems in conflict areas
25 may 2018 - 06:25:51Rome, Italy (PANA) - A United Nations Security Council Resolution on hunger and conflict on Thursday won praise from the [...] Full text...
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African Ministers discuss innovative financing mechanisms to respond to climate change
24 may 2018 - 13:10:49Busan, South Korea (PANA) - Ministers of Finance, Agriculture and Governors of Central Banks from African countries have called for [...] Full text...
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IFAD says its support to Angola has helped small farmers
22 may 2018 - 11:02:55Luanda, Angola (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says development projects it has supported in Angola have [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa reeling after Cyclone Sagar pounding
21 may 2018 - 15:12:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Around 20,000 people were affected by flooding in Djibouti, more than 10,000 people were displaced in [...] Full text...
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'Bees must be protected for the future of our food' - FAO
19 may 2018 - 16:48:44Ljubljana, Slovenia (PANA) - On the eve of the first World Bee Day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...
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Family farming key to better diets in Guinea - IFAD
14 may 2018 - 11:51:09Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Republic of Guinea on Monday signed a [...] Full text...
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Children ‘are dying’ now in DRC’s Kasai from malnutrition, warns UNICEF
11 may 2018 - 16:05:56Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - About 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “are at risk of [...] Full text...
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Climate change takes a toll in Uganda (UN Environment feature)
08 may 2018 - 18:47:42Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Behind Uganda’s lush beauty, climate change is looming large. Dubbed "the Pearl of Africa" for its [...] Full text...
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Death toll from Rwanda's latest landslides reaches 26
08 may 2018 - 15:55:35Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Flooding, triggered by heavy rains across Rwanda, has continued to take an economic and human toll [...] Full text...
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Food prices hold steady in April - FAO
03 may 2018 - 09:48:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index remained broadly steady in April, averaging 173.5 points for the month, [...] Full text...
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FAO report sounds alarm on soil pollution
02 may 2018 - 13:54:53Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil pollution poses a worrisome threat to agricultural productivity, food safety, and human health, but far [...] Full text...
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Namibia’s Shark Island set to become heritage site
25 april 2018 - 09:36:13Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Namibia’s off-the-coast Shark Island, notorious for housing a German concentration camp where hundreds of Ovaherero and [...] Full text...
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Global body adopts new measures to stop the spread of plant pests
18 april 2018 - 11:50:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - The body charged with keeping global trade in plants and plant products safe has adopted several [...] Full text...
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Mali violence drives thousands to Burkina Faso - UNHCR
17 april 2018 - 11:43:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Tuesday that it is alarmed at a spike in [...] Full text...
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FAO offers advice on management of solar-powered irrigation systems
12 april 2018 - 11:38:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - Solar powered irrigation systems are now an affordable and climate-friendly technology for both large and small-scale [...] Full text...
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FAO promotes aquaponics (A feature by FAO)
09 april 2018 - 11:30:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Aquaponics has become all the trend. The combination of aquaculture, the practice of fish farming, and [...] Full text...
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FAO espouses agroecology for sustainable food systems (A FAO feature)
02 april 2018 - 09:35:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be [...] Full text...
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Agriculture remains key to Somalia’s economic growth, poverty reduction - Report
28 march 2018 - 16:35:59Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released on Wednesday a new joint [...] Full text...
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Natural disasters claim 33 lives in Rwanda
14 march 2018 - 18:12:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Lightning, flash floods and rainstorms have claimed at least 33 lives in Rwanda since the [...] Full text...
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FAO launches mobile application to support fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa
14 march 2018 - 10:34:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched a mobile application to enable farmers, agricultural [...] Full text...
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Communications technologies vital for empowerment, success of poor rural women
07 march 2018 - 18:19:20Rome, Italy (PANA) – The role of information communications technologies in supporting rural women's economic empowerment, voice and status, will [...] Full text...
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UN agencies in Rome to mark International Women's Day
07 march 2018 - 11:48:43Rome, Italy (PANA) - The role of information communications technologies (ICT) in supporting rural women's economic empowerment, voice and status, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda distributes humanitarian materials to flood-hit families
06 march 2018 - 11:01:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan Government, in collaboration with the Rwanda Red Cross, has distributed about $18,000 worth of [...] Full text...
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Conflicts, weather patterns strain food security - FAO
05 march 2018 - 16:16:09Rome, Italy (PANA) - High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse [...] Full text...
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Liberain President Weah meets with Bihari, solitics Nigeria's assistance in reviving Liberia's economy
05 march 2018 - 16:06:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Liberian President, George Opong Weah, arrived Nigeria on a one-day visit, and held bilateral talks with [...] Full text...
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FAO says dairy, cereals push food prices up in February
01 march 2018 - 10:10:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Rising world prices for staple grains and dairy products more than offset lower prices for vegetable [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa countries assess impact of severe drought
27 february 2018 - 19:49:55Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – In the aftermath severe rainfall deficits recorded by the end of January 2018 across [...] Full text...
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FAO chief calls for swift intervention in humanitarian crises
27 february 2018 - 11:25:42Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The international community needs to intervene more swiftly in humanitarian crises in ways that are [...] Full text...
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Kenya translocates 21 jumbos to curb human-wildlife conflict
21 february 2018 - 14:48:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Kenya Government on Wednesday began translocating 21 elephants from the Mount Kenya region to the Indian [...] Full text...
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FAO launches guide to tackle Fall Armyworm in Africa head-on (An FAO feature)
16 february 2018 - 11:25:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - Faced with the infestation of millions of hectares of maize, most in the hands of smallholder [...] Full text...
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Storms destroy homes, crops in northeast Rwanda
14 february 2018 - 12:07:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Heavy rains have damaged large acres of crops, destroyed 26 houses and affected dozens of people [...] Full text...
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'US$1.06 billion needed to help communities in 26 countries fight back against hunger'
08 february 2018 - 11:25:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - With conflict and climate-related shocks sending global hunger numbers marching back up after declining for decades, [...] Full text...
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Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme (A WHO Feature)
04 february 2018 - 01:25:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - We have travelled for over 2 hours from Minna in Nigeria’s rural Niger State. The final [...] Full text...
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Drought, conflict drive high humanitarian needs in Horn of Africa
29 january 2018 - 16:32:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Persistent drought, complex conflict and political dynamics continue to drive high humanitarian needs and [...] Full text...
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Botswana farmers urged to adapt to looming drought
26 january 2018 - 09:09:26Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has urged farmers to use drought tolerant and early maturing varieties, as the country continues [...] Full text...
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Restive eastern DRC home to one of world’s worst displacement crises for children – UNICEF
25 january 2018 - 20:38:06Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – More than 800,000 children have been forced from their homes by violence and armed clashes in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda Met. Dept. warns of torrential rains
05 january 2018 - 10:54:17Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Meteorological Department on Friday warned of heavy rains across the country. It said areas especially [...] Full text...
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Egyptian/Gambian Investor moves to revive Gambia’s cotton trade
31 december 2017 - 13:56:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Hatem Raslan, an Egyptian investor, has expressed readiness to revive Gambia’s cotton production and export. He made [...] Full text...
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FAO hails UN resolutions honouring family farmers, bees, camelids, fisheries
21 december 2017 - 09:48:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed the UN's decision to create a decade [...] Full text...
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FAO launches dry season emergency support in Northeast Nigeria
18 december 2017 - 14:11:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has launched its dry season [...] Full text...
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Hunger has `considerably declined` in northeast Nigeria - FAO says
18 december 2017 - 09:32:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - For the first time since the onset of the Boko Haram crisis, hunger has considerably declined [...] Full text...
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Gambian farmers adapt to climate change with new irrigation strategies (An FAO Feature)
17 december 2017 - 08:43:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Agriculture has a large role to play in reducing poverty in The Gambia. About 30 percent [...] Full text...
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Number of people in crisis grows as South Sudan conflict enters fourth year
14 december 2017 - 14:56:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Six months ago, a massive humanitarian response addressed the famine that broke out in South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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IFAD boosts Madagascar food, nutritional security
14 december 2017 - 14:54:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new financial agreement has been signed between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) [...] Full text...
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New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s Kasai region - UNICEF
12 december 2017 - 19:44:57Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – In the coming year, severe acute malnutrition could claim the lives of more than 400,000 [...] Full text...
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits US$300m for boosting farmers' resilience to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa
12 december 2017 - 17:22:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday pledged US$ 300 million over the next three [...] Full text...
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Japan to support efforts targeting crop-destroying Fall armyworm in South Sudan
06 december 2017 - 10:29:56Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Efforts in South Sudan to fight Fall armyworm, an insect that destroys crops, have received [...] Full text...
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AfDB supports Namibia’s Agriculture Sector
05 december 2017 - 12:53:00Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is supporting Namibia’s Agriculture Sector with the approval of One [...] Full text...
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FAO cautions that soils being neglected as 'World Soil Day' is marked
05 december 2017 - 10:30:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the world marks "World Soil Day" on Tuesday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [...] Full text...
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FAO says: 'It's time to put cactus on the menu'
30 november 2017 - 11:19:20Rome, Italy (PANA) - Cactus pear should be considered as a valuable asset, especially for food and livestock feed in [...] Full text...
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Rwandan PM urges more efforts to improve post-harvest crop handling
27 november 2017 - 17:40:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente on Monday called for increased efforts to advance agricultural transformation [...] Full text...
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Wildlife conservation experts raise the alarm over elephant poaching
24 november 2017 - 12:42:49Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Experts in wildlife conservation from Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda on Wednesday in Musanze, a [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Gambia to embark on reform of the Civil Service
22 november 2017 - 12:18:35Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government is taking steps to reform the civil service, Mrs Amie Bojang-Sissoho, Director of [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains destroy crops in western Rwanda
14 november 2017 - 13:57:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Torrential rains that have continued to pound several remote regions in Rwanda since last week have [...] Full text...
thread Environment
FAO says world’s food import bill is rising despite large production and robust supply
09 november 2017 - 12:39:51Rome, Italy (PANA) - While food commodity prices have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is set to [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
FAO tells G7 that 'urgent action needed to curb malnutrition globally'
06 november 2017 - 09:43:21Milan, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has stressed the critical need to transform food systems to [...] Full text...
thread Health
FAO Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline
02 november 2017 - 11:36:03Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
WFP chief warns of 'looming humanitarian catastrophe' in DRC's strife-torn Kasai region
30 october 2017 - 21:19:42Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Some 3.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-ravaged south-central Greater Kasai [...] Full text...
thread Society
ADF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone border road reconstruction with €48 million loan
28 october 2017 - 06:55:18Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved funding of 48 million [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Floods leave 22 families homeless in central-southern Rwanda
18 october 2017 - 08:18:38Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Heavy rain in several parts of Kamonyi, a district in the central-southern Rwanda, has destroyed [...] Full text...
thread Environment
'Somalia drought, conflict force one million people to flee'
18 october 2017 - 07:13:08Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Over 1 million people in Somalia have been forced to abandon their homes this year seeking [...] Full text...
thread Society
US: UN highlights rural women's participation in sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture
15 october 2017 - 18:03:10New York, US (PANA) – Women and girls are central to the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural [...] Full text...
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Kenya: IFAD to grant Burundi US$ 24.9 million for rural finance inclusion
03 october 2017 - 15:21:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A total of 99,200 Burundian rural households in 17 provinces will benefit from a financial agreement [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Rwanda: Popular mountain gorilla dies in Rwanda
29 september 2017 - 15:50:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Vuba, a famous mountain gorilla in Rwanda, which was of the "silverback" family, has died, according [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Italy: Bioversity Int'l launches 1st scientific review of agrobiodiversity’s untapped potential
26 september 2017 - 14:46:59Rome, Italy (PANA) – Investments in agrobiodiversity play a critical yet overlooked role in tackling wider global targets such as [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Tanzania: Global warming brews trouble in coffee homeland Ethiopia
26 september 2017 - 14:41:50Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ethiopia is likely to lose half of its coffee growing area due to global [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Austria: IAEA opens new lab to boost UN efforts to keep harmful insects at bay
26 september 2017 - 06:45:04Vienna, Austria (PANA) – The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday opened the doors of a new [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Gov't provides relief to communities affected by heavy rains in Southern Rwanda
25 september 2017 - 14:29:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs on Monday said it is responding to the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Rwanda: Heavy rains leave hundreds homeless, destroy properties in Southern Rwanda
25 september 2017 - 13:43:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Torrential rains and strong winds have destroyed 119 houses in Huye, a district located in Southern [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Rwanda: Rwandan economy grew 4% in Q2, 2017 - Official
25 september 2017 - 09:51:47Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4 per cent in the second quarter of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Rwanda: Natural disasters wreak havoc in Rwanda in September
24 september 2017 - 16:44:02Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Natural disasters have wreaked havoc in Rwanda this month, killing 5 people, destroying about 1,000 houses [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Benin: Gov't. assists flood victims with 400 million CFAF
22 september 2017 - 13:51:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will release 425,082,000 CFA franc to assist the victim of the recent floods [...] Full text...
thread Environment
US: Improving agribusiness competitiveness can boost food security in Africa
20 september 2017 - 20:02:36Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Strategic investments can help unlock potential for agribusiness growth in African nations with low agribusiness [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Rwanda: Rwandan officials assessing damage from latest heavy rains
18 september 2017 - 15:38:29Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan officials are wading into damage assessments after heavy rain early last week left hundreds homeless [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Rwanda: Heavy rain leaves hundreds homeless in southeast Rwanda
13 september 2017 - 11:22:13Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A downpour that hit a large part of southeast Rwandan district of Ngoma late on Tuesday [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Tanzania: Expert panel suggests ways to improve nutrition in Africa
12 september 2017 - 18:41:36Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While hunger and malnutrition are still clearly a major problem in Africa, research from [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
AfDB advocates strategies to deepen industrialization of cassava
12 september 2017 - 14:46:14Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has intensified financing for the production of crops with the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Uganda: FAO chief says Uganda 'leading example' of sustainable refugee response
30 august 2017 - 19:31:39Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The head of the United Nations agriculture agency on Wednesday called for greater funding for a [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: FAO to promote wider use of neglected and underutilized crops in Africa
29 august 2017 - 07:10:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - Crops that have been forgotten over the last century are being rediscovered. Scientists and policymakers are [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
DRC: Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced in DRC
16 august 2017 - 20:06:51Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region [...] Full text...
thread Society
DR Congo: 'Food insecurity soars in conflict-ridden DR Congo'
14 august 2017 - 12:00:25Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Amid rising violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 7.7 million people face [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: New IFAD-supported project to boost rural economy, livelihoods in Angola
10 august 2017 - 09:33:22Rome, Italy (PANA) – A total of 60,000 Angolan rural households in Cuanza Sul and Huila provinces will benefit from [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, South Africa lose 1m chickens to Bird Flu
08 august 2017 - 16:16:09Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to the Highly Pathogenic Avian [...] Full text...
thread Health
Italy: FAO Food Price Index rises further in July
03 august 2017 - 10:29:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in July, driven mainly by higher cereal, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season in East Africa
14 july 2017 - 08:58:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
South Sudan: MSF warns malaria preparedness vital as rains begin in S. Sudan
13 july 2017 - 09:53:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in [...] Full text...
thread Health
South Sudan: People at risk of starvation as South Sudan celebrates 6th independence anniversary
07 july 2017 - 13:11:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Sunday, 9 July, 2017, marks the 6th anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, but the promise [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mauritius: EU supports smart agriculture in Mauritius
01 july 2017 - 15:55:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is providing new support to the tune of 3 million euros to [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves US$100m for soft commodity value chain operations in sub-Saharan Africa
15 june 2017 - 07:32:19Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$100 million facility to finance Export Trading [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Italy: FAO, European Space Agency collaborate to control Desert Locusts
14 june 2017 - 13:58:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Information from satellites is being used in a new way to predict favourable conditions for Desert [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
US: UN chief Guterres highlights importance of sustainable energy
11 june 2017 - 06:19:31New York, US (PANA) – Underlining the importance of energy, in particular for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Italy: Food insecurity strains deepen amid civil conflict and drought - FAO
09 june 2017 - 11:17:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB’s agriculture interventions in 2016 benefit 5.6m people - Report
08 june 2017 - 16:23:23Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Effort by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade Africa’s agriculture sector is yielding good [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
India: AfDB explores investment strategies to tilt markets in favour of African farmers
24 may 2017 - 16:47:20Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed new investment strategies in Africa’s agriculture sector, which, if [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
India: AfDB President sees “Shared opportunities, deepening partnership” between Africa and India
21 may 2017 - 12:22:26Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said he sees a [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Tanzania: UNDP Goodwill envoy pleads for starving families on Mother's Day
14 may 2017 - 13:40:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton [...] Full text...
thread Society
Italy: FAO develops new guidelines to help countries achieve climate pledges
12 may 2017 - 09:37:15Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced on Friday that it has developed supplementary guidelines [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UK: Guterres urges international help for Somalia to rebuild security, avert famine
11 may 2017 - 18:22:23London, UK (PANA) - Opening a major conference on Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community [...] Full text...
thread Society
Switzerland: WHO calls for immediate action to save lives in Somalia
11 may 2017 - 10:22:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency says it is concerned about the chronic shortage of funding for life-saving [...] Full text...
thread Health
Italy: FAO Food Price Index dips again in April, led by sugar and vegetable oils
04 may 2017 - 09:44:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices fell in April amid expectations of ongoing robust supplies of many key [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: FAO uses satellite data to aid farmers in Africa, Middle East boost water efficiency
21 april 2017 - 07:08:56Rome, Italy (PANA) – The United Nations agricultural agency has created an online database that uses satellite data and Google [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya: Kenyan economy grows 5.8% on strong service sector demand
19 april 2017 - 18:41:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s economy grew to 5.8 percent with the gross domestic product rising to US$70.5 billion in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Italy: FAO works to make international trade in plants, seeds a safer venture
13 april 2017 - 08:35:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The international body that oversees plant health has taken a big step forward with the adoption [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: FAO says global food prices down in March
06 april 2017 - 10:33:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices monitored by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) fell in March amid large [...] Full text...
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Italy: Prince of Wales briefed on hunger crisis in four countries
05 april 2017 - 14:35:09Rome, Italy (PANA) - Prince Charles of Wales on Wednesday visited the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) where he [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Invest in rural youth to stem rural-urban migration - IFAD President
03 april 2017 - 13:11:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ensuring young people in rural areas can access financing and earn decent incomes is essential to [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
South Sudan: Conflict in South Sudan affecting food security in "stable states"
30 march 2017 - 16:46:30Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country’s [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: FAO-supported farmers expect good harvest in Northeast Nigeria
29 march 2017 - 13:40:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says farmers under its support programmes in Northeast Nigeria, the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UNICEF needs US$225m to save children in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen
28 march 2017 - 15:55:19New York, US (PANA) - Millions of children are on the brink of starvation in the worst humanitarian crisis in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Italy: ‘Conflicts, protracted crises hamper progress to end hunger in Near East, N. Africa’
27 march 2017 - 10:50:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food agency says food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN appeals for US$20 million to help affected populations in Madagascar
23 march 2017 - 20:30:21New York, US (PANA) - The UN and humanitarian partners are appealing for US$20 million to address the devastating consequences [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Sudan: Hungry people abandon homes in South Sudan's Imatong state
23 march 2017 - 19:16:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Up to 75 per cent of people living in Imatong state of South Sudan may [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN official addresses AU PSC on alarming situation in South Sudan
17 march 2017 - 19:12:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - To pull South Sudan back from the abyss and from a growing famine, the international [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN: UN, partners appeal for US$166 million to aid pastoralists in northern Kenya
16 march 2017 - 20:50:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its humanitarian partners on Thursday appealed for US$166 million to aid Kenyan [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Egypt: FAO says water scarcity in North Africa needs 'urgent, massive response'
09 march 2017 - 16:43:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Access to water is a fundamental need for food security, human health and agriculture, and its [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Kenya: Indigenous people key to protecting wildlife, rural livelihoods
03 march 2017 - 14:18:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities in wildlife conservation is key to maintaining biodiversity and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Kenya: Food Price Index edges higher in February
02 march 2017 - 12:56:23Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index rose slightly in February, marking its seventh consecutive monthly rise, led [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN agencies urge scale-up humanitarian support for Somalia
17 february 2017 - 15:45:52New York, US (PANA) - Following the worsening of an already devastating drought in Somalia, UN agencies have stressed that [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zambia: Southern, Eastern African nations agree on urgent actions to tackle armyworm
16 february 2017 - 15:46:10Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Sixteen East and Southern African countries agreed Thursday on urgent plans of action aimed at boosting [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UAE: 'Make food systems climate resilient now or ...' - FAO warns
13 february 2017 - 21:06:28Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Failure to act now to make food systems more resilient to climate change will seriously compromise [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Botswana: Met issues floods alert in Botswana
08 february 2017 - 12:58:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s meteorological services has issued a floods alert, saying the country’s Gantsi district in the western [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Switzerland: Land urgently needed for Burundian refugee camps in neighbouring countries
07 february 2017 - 17:55:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Stalled peace talks in Burundi are forcing hundreds to flee every day seeking refuge in neighbouring [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN official urges more funding to stave off famine in Somalia
02 february 2017 - 19:36:44New York, US (PANA) - UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Peter de Clercq, on Thursday warned that without a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Botswana: Fresh produce import ban lifted in Botswana
02 february 2017 - 14:45:01Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s has lifted the indefinite ban it placed on fruit and vegetable imports into the country [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: Cereals prices rise despite improved supplies - FAO
02 february 2017 - 10:34:36Rome, Italy (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria: FAO says US$52m needed to avert "damning" food crisis in northeast Nigeria
30 january 2017 - 17:01:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Boko Haram terrorism-induced humanitarian crises in northeast Nigeria may aggravate with more “damning consequences” in the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves US$ 20m for soft commodity value chain operations in Southern Africa
21 january 2017 - 12:11:21Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 20 million facility to finance Meridian’s [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN: IFAD, Mauritanian authorities partner to support farmers
12 january 2017 - 20:55:06New York, US (PANA) - A new partnership between the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Mauritanian authorities [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Heavy rains forecast over Christmas in Botswana
23 december 2016 - 06:25:40Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services is forecasting heavy rains with possibility of flooding in Botswana over [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Somalia: AMISOM embarks on operation to rehabilitate HirShabelle State roads
17 december 2016 - 17:15:17Jowhar, Somalia (PANA) - Burundi's contingent under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has embarked on an operation code [...] Full text...
thread Society
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB provides US$250m to support Nigeria's youth employment programme
16 december 2016 - 17:34:08Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Announcing its approval of Enable Youth Nigeria programme on Friday, the Board of Directors of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN: 400,000 children may suffer malnutrition in Nigeria's northeast - UNICEF
14 december 2016 - 18:43:13New York, US (PANA) - Around 400,000 children in Nigeria's restive northeast may suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Italy: Ongoing conflicts continue to intensify food insecurity - FAO
08 december 2016 - 11:50:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - Civil conflict and weather-related shocks have severely affected food security in 2016, increasing the number of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mexico: Countries urged to prioritise protection of pollinators for food security
07 december 2016 - 08:33:08Cancun, Mexico (PANA) - Bees, butterflies and other pollinators are increasingly under threat from human activities and countries must transform [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: Ban stresses need for healthy soils for sustainable food production
05 december 2016 - 15:48:47New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday stressed the importance of healthy soils, saying that "sustainable [...] Full text...
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Mexico: 190 countries agree to ramp up efforts to protect world's biodiversity
05 december 2016 - 14:00:46Cancun, Mexico (PANA) - At a major United Nations conference in Mexico, More than 190 countries have pledged to step [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Italy: World Soil Day hails symbiotic role of pulses to boost sustainable agriculture
05 december 2016 - 14:00:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil and pulses can make major contributions to the challenge of feeding the world's growing population [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture