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Providing regular data for policymakers to monitor the development of the bioeconomy and accordingly to support the implementation of the EAC Regional Bioeconomy Strategy. This will enable the EAC region to regularly assess...

In cities and urban areas in East Africa, livelihoods and incomes of populations are seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for those living in informal settlements. These urban...

There are different views around the future of smallholder agriculture and its potential to contribute to the needed transformations of agriculture and rural economies. Over and above social benefits...

The East and Horn of Africa region is already home to some of the most food insecure populations in the world. Now, with countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia currently facing...

As part of FAO’s accountability framework, this first quarterly desert locust upsurge progress report sets out the Organization’s immediate response so far and the livelihoods support...

Global food demand is expected to increase by somewhere between 59% and 98% by 2050 as the world population reaches an estimated 9.7 billion. Food production is especially critical...