FAO in Afghanistan
@FAOAfghanistan
Official account Food and Agriculture Organization of the @UN in Afghanistan. @Dick_Trenchard, @FAO Representative. Follow our Director-General QU Dongyu @FAODG
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http://fao.org/afghanistan 07-02-2019 13:22:00
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27% of Afghans remain in food crisis or emergency: ipcinfo.org. Food assistance needed, but less, showing #AgricultureCan improve food self-sufficiency through a locally-driven, climate-smart strategy. FAO's wheat seed distribution has helped! #InvestinAgriculture
IPC release: Over ¼ of the Afghan population requires food assistance. Though still high, this is the lowest number since 2017. It proves that #AgricultureCan help a rural population address its #basicneeds , despite climate change.
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In May, WFP reached nearly 750,000 girls and boys in schools across #Afghanistan with nutritious daily snacks that help them stay active and learn better.
Thank you to our generous partners like EUinAfghanistan 🇪🇺who make this happen!
#WorldNutritionDay
In #Afghanistan , 3 million children are malnourished, but we can only reach 1/3 of them.
After the assistance cuts last year, we saw a rise in children's admissions to malnutrition clinics.
It is children who bear the brunt of the funding crisis.
#WorldNutritionDay
Decomposing carcasses poisoning the water and the air. Within a week after the disastrous floods in Baghlan and Takhar, FAO in Afghanistan had started carcass removal and burial activities to avoid the spread of disease among animals and humans.
We congratulate Afghan beekeepers with #WorldBeeDay . With the support of @usaid, @adb_hq, JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency and Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan 🇺🇳, FAO and its implementing partners distributed 1200 beekeeping packages over the past year, all over Afghanistan. Supporting biodiversity and rural incomes.
Below animation shows how Qala-Zubayed valley in #Ghor #Afghanistan is washed away by flash #floods . some regions which are recently hit by floods are very remote & I fear these people maybe left alone.OCHA Afghanistan,WFP in Afghanistan,FAO in Afghanistan
A swarm of #locusts flies over the Amu Darya from Tajikistan into #DashteQala district of #Takhar province. Its presence is recorded by a staff member of FAO in Afghanistan on 13 May.
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In May 2024, Afghan farmers observed a large swarm of Moroccan locusts flying to the agricultural district of Imam Saheb in Kunduz.
Food and Agriculture Organization, with support from Norway MFA and JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency, is working to mitigate the pest's impact via #AnticipatoryActions .
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This effective water management technique captures excess rain and stores it for dry periods.
With generous funding from the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization is helping to fight #ClimateChange in Afghanistan.
Between years of drought and brutal flash floods, water management has become crucial for Afghan agriculture. With support of donors like World Bank and JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency, FAO's focus is increasingly on surface water management, like here in #Nangarhar
📽️New irrigation canal in Batikot, Afghanistan.
Explore how Food and Agriculture Organization is supporting local farmers with a new irrigation canal ensuring easier access to water & to irrigate lands. The collaborative effort showcases resilience of farmers amidst climate change.
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