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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

Mounting numbers of people face acute hunger and require urgent life-saving assistance, with number acutely hungry people in countries hit by food crises reaching in 2020 the highest level in five years, an annual report launched by an international alliance of UN, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together has found. FAO

The livelihoods of farmers and pastoralists in Yemen have been heavily affected by the ongoing desert locust infestation. The ravenous agricultural pest has damaged crops in many areas of the country putting a strain on thousands of people already exhausted by years of conflict. UNIFEED

Progress towards gender equality under threat, world leaders warn as General Assembly marks twenty-fifth anniversary of landmark women’s rights conference.

Progress towards gender equality under threat, world leaders warn as General Assembly marks twenty-fifth anniversary of landmark women’s rights conference.

Progress towards gender equality under threat, world leaders warn as General Assembly marks twenty-fifth anniversary of landmark women’s rights conference.

Battles have been won in fighting the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa, but the campaign is not over yet. FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is fighting the ongoing infestations of Desert Locusts in East Africa where the locust situation remains a threat to people’s livelihood and food security. FAO

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is continuing efforts to contain the desert locust upsurge in East Africa despite restrictions on the movement of personnel and equipment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. FAO

We follow a young woman from the Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh, India, as she compels her community to adopt a ground-breaking farming practice, which promises to regenerate soils and increase yields for small-scale farmers across the country.