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Posts tagged "agriculture" 14 June 2019, Rome - FAO today welcomed a decision by the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide $179 million to support the UN agency's work with countries worldwide at the critical nexus between agriculture and the environment.&n...
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June 15, 2019 Web Desk
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Comments Off on New funding boosts efforts to combat deforestation, desertification, climate change and strengthen food systems 20 May 2019, Rome - The global decline in bee populations poses a serious threat to a wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods, and countries should do more to safeguard our key allies in the fight against hunger and malnutri...
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May 21, 2019 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition Floodwaters from Cyclone Kenneth have receded, but damaged roads and bridges are keeping relief teams from reaching thousands still in need. To make matters worse, recent sporadic violence in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado has interrupt...
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May 12, 2019 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Environment and Disasters News 9 May 2019 Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado ‘There was no one coming to help me and my family… so I had to do something’ Floodwaters from Cyclone Kenneth have receded, but damaged roads and bridges are keeping relief teams from reaching thousands still in need. To make matters worse, recent sporadic violence in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado has interrupt...
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May 9, 2019 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
On our radarFloods foster food fears in IranMore than two million people in Iran are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance due to severe floods...
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April 19, 2019 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Iran floods, charity bonuses, and Notre-Dame whataboutery 
