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FAOemergencies

  1. #UNFAO presents: Resilient #Livelihoods, a publication focused on those whose lives & livelihoods are threatened bit.ly/AwbOzz about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. #UNFAO has provided improved-variety #seeds to #farmers in the #DRC - women sell them in nearby tows for cash bit.ly/IXmutP about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. RT @FAOnews: Globally-important agricultural heritage systems farming traditions worth preserving: ht.ly/b7sx1 ht.ly/b7szR about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. #UNFAO is focused on protecting, restoring & building resilient #livelihoods of farmers & herder in the #Sahel bit.ly/yzXO6j about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. RT @FAOnews: Pic of visit by our goodwill ambassador, football star Raúl González, to #UNFAO ag project in Mao, Chad ow.ly/i/EcDk about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. World Emergency News is out! bit.ly/zM1fPv ▸ Top stories today via @1billionhungry @pyshwewko @jatonsci about 14 hours ago via Paper.li
  7. #UNFAO enabled women 2 access irrigable & fertile land, & farm it in their own name: EN- bit.ly/IMfgFo FR- bit.ly/HCpOXx #Chad about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. Crisis in the #HornofAfrica: bit.ly/szisGu everything you need to know about the current situation about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Check out the "Response Plan for a food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel" bit.ly/AEBiKt #UNFAO's strategy for response about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. Cows are wealth in #SouthSudan - read about #UNFAO's project to support #livestock in the country bit.ly/wHP3u0 7:03 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  11. "If we want to help ppl grow their own food, funds 4 seeds & farming supplies needed now, next rainy starts soon" - Raúl on #Sahelcrisis 5:52 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  12. Decline in agropastoral prod, coupled with rising food prices and drought is affecting thosr in the Sahel bit.ly/xe73RC #SahelCrisis 4:05 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  13. #UNFAO helps #farmers in #DRC by rehabilitating irrigation and flood-prevention infrastructure, and providing #seeds bit.ly/HeSVk4 2:05 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  14. #UNFAO uses the Sustainable #Livelihoods approach to frame needs assessment & response planning bit.ly/smfpOf 1:03 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  15. #Drought has reduced #Sahel cereal prod - learn more about the effect this is having on #livestock & #FoodSecurity bit.ly/yzXO6j 10:04 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  16. World Emergency News is out! bit.ly/zM1fPv ▸ Top stories today via @wfp_media 7:23 AM May 24th via Paper.li
  17. Since 2006 4 desert #locust outbreaks were successfully controlled in #Mauritania & #Niger -check out the success story fao.org/foodchain/fcc-… 3:10 AM May 24th via TweetDeck