Food and Agriculture Organization & Kenya

Food and Agriculture Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization provides estimates on food loss in Africa, highlighting the problem that solar-powered cold storage aims to solve.

Kenya: Kenya is one of the African countries where solar-powered cold storage is gaining momentum, improving food security and agricultural value chains.

Food and Agriculture Organization: FAO scientist Dr Mohammed Bengoumi warns that camels experience heat stress when temperatures exceed 50°C in the Sahara.

Kenya: Kenya's Marsabit county reports a 15% increase in camel deaths due to extreme heat, according to veterinary officer Hassan Nuya Guyo.

Food and Agriculture Organization: UN agency estimating $23 billion annual cost of illegal fishing.

Kenya: Kenya is the primary setting; its coastal communities are adapting to environmental and economic pressures.

Food and Agriculture Organization: FAO is the lead organization launching the GPP-TAD program, enhancing its role in global animal health governance and potentially increasing its influence and funding.

Kenya: Kenya's agriculture minister expressed support, reflecting the country's interest in strengthening TAD prevention and control.

Food and Agriculture Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) expenditure reviews are tools explored at the FINAS Summit to diagnose financing gaps.

Kenya: Kenya launched a KSh1.081 trillion National Agri-food Systems Investment Plan (NASIP) to transform its agricultural sector, boost food security, and create jobs, positioning itself as a regional hub for sustainable agri-food investment.

Food and Agriculture Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization>>> has studied the Ebola risk associated with the consumption and handling of wild meat, highlighting that while animal-to-human spillovers are rare, their consequences are disastrous.

Kenya: Kenya is where the US plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola, a move that has drawn protests and concerns about burdening Kenya's health system.