Tag: Drought
Call for Submission: Interdrought 2020 abstract
The Interdrought 2020 requests for abstract towards the event in March; submission closes January 15!
Droughts affect crop production...
Ethiopia: Agriculture Sector HDRP Monthly Dashboard for May 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has published the Agriculture Sector HDRP Monthly Dashboard Infographics for May 2018.
Among the total 216...
Zambia: Abnormal dry conditions to continue for the rest of January
According to the weather bulletin obtained from the Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD), areas surrounding Lusaka, Southern, and Western provinces are likely to receive below...
FAO Report: Early action report on food security and agriculture January...
Global early warning - early action report on food security and agriculture January – March 2018
Jan 2018
The Global Early Warning - Early Action System...
Drought: Woeful harvests in Somaliland lead to food shortages
Food security is the bedrock of ending zero hunger-SDG 2. Food production on small farms across Somaliland fell by around 75 per cent last...
Rwanda: Families affected by drought receive food assistance in Kirehe, Kayonza
Over 15,000 residents in Rwanda Eastern Province whose crop harvests were affected by lack of adequate rains in past season are receiving food rations...
Kenya: Farmers forsee the effects of Uganda’s low-cost maize
The Kenyan Middlemen and millers are reportedly taking advantage of the East Africa Common Market Protocol to import low-cost maize mainly from Uganda.
Cross-border trade...
Ethiopia Loses 2 Million Livestock To Drought- FAO
FAO urgently requires $20 million between August and December to come to the aid of Ethiopia's farmers and herders.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...
Namibia: Northern farmers have enough grazing areas
Communal farmers in the Oshakati West and Okatana constituencies in the Oshana region in Namibia say they have enough water and pasture areas for...
Uganda: Bank of Uganda cut CBR to 10%
The Uganda Central Bank- Bank of Uganda (BOU) has once again lowered its indicative lending rate, the Central Bank Rate, in a bid to...
