Noticias sobre Mauritania
Great Green Wall receives over $14 billion to regreen the Sahel
The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) has received at least 14.326 billion US dollars in new funding.
More than 1 million people affected by floods in East Africa
Flooding in East Africa has already affected more than one million people, another blow that together with desert locust plagues and the coronavirus pandemic is threatening the food supply in the region, reports Phys.org.
GEF Council agrees on $700 million for urgent environmental action
The Global Environment Facility’s governing body, meeting remotely, has agreed on $700 million for projects and programs to help developing countries keep advancing urgent environmental priorities through and beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
Community resilience, Africa’s hope
Epidemics and pandemics have marked African history.
Not everyone can wash their hands
The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of handwashing with soap and water as one of the keys to halting the spread of the disease.
Dry weather increases by two the list of countries in need of external food assistance
FAO report highlights risks posed by locusts in Africa amid stronger output trends in the Near East and Asia.
The sanitation challenge in Mauritania
In Mauritania, only 15% of the rural population has access to sanitation.
15 countries show interest in acceding to Water Convention
Transboundary waters cover nearly half of the earth’s land surface and account for 60 per cent of global freshwater.
Every drop counts
How aquaponics and integrated agri-aquaculture farms are making smart use of water.
Safe food? Not if water isn’t
Water with fecal waste is one of the main causes of food contamination and its spreading in a community.
Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs
41 countries in need of food assistance – African Swine Fever threatening food security of a large number of people.
The Sahel, desertification beyond drought
The periodic crises in the African “Hunger Belt” have provided a more accurate and effective vision of the relationship between desertification and human activities.
DEWA to dig 20 wells in drought-affected areas in 7 countries
DEWA will support Well of Hope by digging 20 wells in drought-affected areas in 7 countries.
FAO calls for policies & investments for sustainable water use in the Middle East and North Africa
It is imperative to scale up policies and investments in the Middle East and North Africa to make water use in agriculture more sustainable and efficient and to ensure that all the people in the region have access to healthy diets, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.