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Global food prices declined again in December, falling by 1.5pc, says FAO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Global food prices declined again in December, falling by 1.5 per cent from the previous month and ending the year […]
Act on locusts menace Ethiopia, Somalia urged
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Uninted Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has accused Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen of doing little to help in […]
State reports success in its war against desert locusts
Reading Time: 2 minutes By George Kebaso and Nicholas Waitathu The government has reported 80 percent success in containing the second locust invasion in […]
Uganda intensifies fight against locusts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 2,000 army and civilian personnel are combing up bushes in the northeastern part of the country to hunt down […]
Kenya to recruit state-trained youth to fight desert locusts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya will recruit trainees from the National Youth Service (NYS), country’s premier vocational training institute, to boost the fight against […]
UN chief calls for intensified efforts to deal with locust outbreak
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for intensified international efforts to deal with a locust outbreak […]
South Sudan joins hands with FAO to boost fishery sector
Reading Time: < 1 minute JUBA, South Sudan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday launched a five-year project […]
UN concerned about desert locust outbreak in Horn of Africa
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Nations is concerned about the current desert locust outbreak in the Horn of Africa, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for […]
State to spend Sh300 million to fight desert locusts
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government and development partners will spend over Sh300 million to support activities outlined to fight the spreading desert locusts that […]