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FAO warns impacts of viruses, plagues and economic damage on food security in Asia-Pacific
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6/5/2020 10:51:48 AM -

FAO http://fareasternagriculture.com/crops/agriculture/fao-warns-impacts-of-viruses-plagues-and-economic-damage-on-food-security-in-asia-pacific

FAO warns impacts of viruses, plagues and economic damage on food security in Asia-Pacifi

While the world …

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FAO warns multiple impact of viruses, plagues and economic damage will fuel hunger in Asia and the Pacific
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5/29/2020 4:53:00 PM -

ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fao-warns-multiple-impact-viruses-plagues-and-economic-damage-will-fuel-hunger-asia-and

While the world fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, the worst pandemic experienced in a century, countries in South …

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FAO prepares crisis appeal for Pakistan’s locust issue
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5/23/2020 8:54:00 AM -

reliefweb https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/fao-prepares-crisis-appeal-pakistan-s-locust-issue

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations plans to launch a crisis appeal in the coming days seeking resources for …

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FAO continues to fight Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen despite COVID-19 constraints
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4/25/2020 3:22:18 PM -

PreventionWeb https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/71284?&a=email&utm_source=pw_email

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS - HEADQUARTERS (FAO) More than 240,000 hectares treated and 740 personnel trained in affected …

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In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol
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2/17/2020 2:47:31 PM -

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/somalia-unprecedented-effort-kill-massive-locust-swarms-biocontrol

By Erik Stokstad

Somalia, one of several African nations being hit hard by enormous swarms of locusts, is planning to control them with a …

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Next East Africa locust swarms will be airborne in 3 to 4 weeks
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2/13/2020 1:49:32 PM -

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9188240/next-east-africa-locust-swarms-will-be-airborne-in-3-to-4-weeks/

UN agronomy experts: The locusts that are currently still baby desert locusts in Somalia will become East Africa's next plague …

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'Net' is closing in on more viable biological control options for fall armyworm menace
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1/30/2020 12:30:25 PM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-01-net-viable-biological-options-fall.html

by CABI

The 'net' is closing in on more viable biological control agents to fight the scourge of the fall armyworm (FAW) pest which is already wreaking havoc in most …

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FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm REPORT
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12/8/2019 9:56:18 AM -

ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fao-scales-fight-against-fall-armyworm

from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO launched today a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts …

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FAO launches 2020 as the UN’s International Year of Plant Health
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12/4/2019 6:00:00 PM -

ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fao-launches-2020-un-s-international-year-plant-health

REPORT
from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Plants make up 80 percent of our food but are under constant and increasing …

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Minimizing post-harvest food losses
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11/9/2019 7:32:57 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-11-minimizing-post-harvest-food-losses.html

by Graz University of Technology The crops have been harvested. Now it is important to store the various crops well and to preserve them as long and as carefully as …

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