First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing)

Small-scale chicken farmers in the south of Madagascar are hatching a plan to boost their incomes and improve the stock of local poultry breeds, thanks to support from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing)

FROM THE FIELD: Cameroon’s displaced, get hooked on fish

18 Jul 2021

Cameroonians who have been displaced by conflict and climate change in the north of the West African country are turning to aquaculture as an alternative source of income, thanks to support from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Ethiopia: Loan from UN fund allows FAO to scale up fertilizers for farmers in Tigray

08 Aug 2022

A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers to support farmers in the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday.

First Person: Cultivating Haiti’s future

12 Dec 2021

Farmers in south-west of Haiti are cultivating a future for the country as they continue to work their land despite the challenges caused by the 14 August earthquake. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) has been supporting their development over many years as FAO’s Jérémie-based staff member Mykerlange Balmir explains.