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“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

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

Some 30 kilometres from Tambura in South Sudan’s Western Equatorial State, patrolling UN peacekeepers saw the devastation caused by violent conflict in the area. Thousands of people who have been displaced are suffering, many of them are women and children. UNMISS

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

General Assembly adopts resolutions aimed at ensuring global access to eye care, combating illicit trafficking in wildlife, highlighting links with 2030 Agenda.

General Assembly adopts resolutions aimed at ensuring global access to eye care, combating illicit trafficking in wildlife, highlighting links with 2030 Agenda.

Globally, poisoning is an under-recognized and under reported major public health concern. While the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all countries establish and strengthen poisons centres, fewer than half of WHO Member States have one. WHO

There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said Monday (12 Jul) – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year. FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu and the G20 Presidency, Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, spoke after the G20 meetings held in Matera in Italy, highlighting needs and actions to eradicate hunger and poverty. G20 / RAI

The World Food Program’s (WFP) Regional Director in Southern Africa, Lola Castro, said Madagascar is the “only country in the world” facing Integrated Phase Classification-5 (IPC-5) food insecurity without a conflict. She said, “So, basically we have people on the verge of starvation and there is no conflict.” UNIFEED