News and latest information from the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
in Zambia. Follow our Director-General QU Dongyu,
@FAODG
Making a difference in 🇿🇲! Our UN Zambia Q2 Newsletter is out!
Get the latest on our work to improve lives across the country. ➡️
#Development
P.S. Happy reading!
🩺One Health approach safeguards people, plants, animals & ecosystems, preventing disease spread & spillover.
@FAO
supports Zambia in this effort.
@percy_suze
@FAOZambia
Rep discussed these goals with Hon. Peter Kapala, Minister of Fisheries & Livestock during a courtesy call.
🇿🇲Zambia is making significant strides in improving the
#livestock
&
#fisheries
sectors. Hon. Peter Kapala, Minister of Fisheries & Livestock, has reaffirmed the Ministry's partnership with
@FAO
in tackling animal diseases, antimicrobial resistance & enhancing climate resilience.
It's
#YouthDay
! Today we celebrate the success of young people in Zambia who are improving their farming businesses with
@FAO
support. We are delighted to feature Abigail Moyo a successful young strawberry farmer who is supplying her produce to the supermarkets in Zambia.
To the young farmers and agripreneurs leading the way in sustainable agriculture, your hard work ensures better production, nutrition, and the environment.
Your skills are paving the path to a better life for future generations.
Exciting day in Lesotho! 🇱🇸
@FAODG
has touched down to amplify the collective efforts in transforming agriculture and tackling climate challenges head-on
engaging with stakeholders and discussing innovative solutions for food security and community empowerment
#AgrifoodSystems
.
@FAO
team is in Lusaka,🇿🇲 to contribute to the Post Malabo agenda dev't roadmap in validation W/shop for
#PostMalabo
Technical Working Groups to review & finalise the draft reports to be submitted for subsequent endorsement by
#AU
policy organs & the summit in 2025.
#Agenda2063
🆕
#SOFI2024
confirms what we feared - hunger remains high.
733 million people faced hunger in 2023... 1 in 11 people around the world. Causes are conflict, climate crisis & economic shocks.
We must do better & direct financing where it's needed most.
ℹ️
Welcome to Africa,
@FAODG
!
Today, FAO's Qu Dongyu arrived in Cabo Verde and was welcomed by the Prime Minister José Ulisses Correia e Silva.
FAO & Cabo Verde have a nearly five-decade partnership focusing on sustainable agrifood systems, better nutrition &
#BlueTransformation
The latest
#SOFI2024
report on global hunger has found that 1 in 5 people in Africa faced hunger in 2023.
By 2030, half of the world's chronically undernourished will be in Africa unless urgent action is taken now.
Read the full report: