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Rome Meeting Addressing El Niño’s impact on Central America’s Dry Corridor
Submitted by Patrick Luganda on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 17:05
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Date: Thursday 30 June 2016, 9:00-12:30
Event: High-level meeting at FAO in Rome
The El Niño climate event is having a devastating impact on agriculture in Central America’s Dry Corridor where one of the worst droughts in decades has left 3.5 million people food insecure. In the most affected countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras some 2.8 million people are dependent on food aid.
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Horn of Africa: Funding for agricultural recovery lagging, FAO warns
Submitted by Patrick Luganda on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 21:55
Press Release FAO Rome
25 August, Rome - As world governments met today in Ethiopia for an international pledging conference aimed at winning more aid for the Horn of Africa, FAO has warned that efforts to keep farmers and pastoralists on their feet, prevent the crisis from worsening and speed progress toward recovery are not being adequately funded.
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