"FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO"

Leaders of the G20 countries must continue to support the smooth functioning of global agri-food systems, which faces ongoing challenges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said in remarks opening the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting in Florence, Italy. FAO

“The clock is very much ticking,” for Afghan farmers to start planting wheat, a crop “simply indispensable in food security terms,” the FAO’s Emergencies and Resilience Director Rein Paulsen said on Tuesday, urging support for the Afghanistan’s agriculture sector. UNIFEED

Press Conference by Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO's Office of Emergencies and Resilience, on the FAO's work in Afghanistan.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu called for urgent assistance to help save Afghanistan's next wheat harvest, keep life-sustaining farm animals alive, and avoid a deterioration of the country's already severe humanitarian crises. FAO

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary- General.

The unfolding situation in Afghanistan is causing significant disruption and threatens Afghanistan’s critical winter wheat season, which is about to begin, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday, ahead of a major fundraising conference for the country, that is due to take place in Geneva on 13 September. UNTV CH

WHO’s plane carrying 12.5 metric tons of supplies, enough to cover the basic health needs of more than 200,000 people, as well as provide 3500 surgical procedures and treat 6500 trauma patients has landed in Afghanistan, the UN spokesperson said on Monday. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 

“The UN has been working for the people of Afghanistan for decades,” the UN Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Friday and its staff “will remain and do everything for the people of Afghanistan who have suffered so much.” UNIFEED

In Bangladesh, water scarcity threatens agricultural production and the livelihoods of farmers. Inefficient irrigation practices cause huge water losses that deplete underground water reserves. In addition, the excessive use of fossil fuels in running irrigation systems leads to environmental pollution that contributes to climate change and ultimately affects the livelihoods of farmers. FAO