UN Food and Agriculture Organization launches program to support farmers in Benin

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Photo: International Rice Research Institute PANA New York, US – The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Tuesday launched an emergency response programme to support farmers in northern Benin, who lost crops, livestock and fishing grounds when the region … Read More

UN agencies say 4 million people in Madagascar face food insecurity

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Madagascan highland plateau Photo: Anlance PANA New York, US- Some four million people in rural Madagascar are food insecure after rice and maize production took a bad hit this year due to weather conditions and a locust invasion, according to … Read More