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• FAO General Home Page
  
• FAO Corporate Document Repository
• FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana
  • FAO publications and documents on Africa (All)
  • Regional overview of food insecurity, Africa (2015) : African food prospects brighter than ever. 35 pages in PDF format
  • FAO Regional Strategic Framework for Africa (2010-2015) 38 pages in PDF format
  • FAO Statistical Yearbook, Africa Food and Agriculture (2014) 187 pages in PDF format
    --For previous years, see below
  • Status of the world's soil resources: Ch. 9: Regional assessment of soil changes in Africa south of the Sahara. (2016)
• FAO on Sahel Crisis, 2012-2016

 

 

• FAO Conferences in Africa
  • 29th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 4-8 April 2016, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
    
  • 28th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 24-28 March 2014, Tunis, Tunisia
    --See especially: Final report
  • 27th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 23-27 April 2012, Brazzaville, Congo (report)
    
  • 26th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 3-7 May 2010, Luanda, Angola
  • 25th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 16--20 June 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
    
  • 24th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 20 January--3 February 2006, Bamako, Mali
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • 23rd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 1-5 March 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • 21st FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21-25 February 2000
    General information and documents from the conference. See also the French version.
  • All Regional Conferences for Africa since 1990
  • Search for all meetings

 

 

• FAO Country Profiles and Maps = Profils FAO de pays et système d'information cartographique
  Select a country = Sélectionner un pays: This "retrieval tool" is the latest offering on the FAO website. It consists of summarized presentations for each country around the world, including maps and tables, with detailed information on the environment and the economy based on FAO research.

 

 

• FAO Economic and Social Department, Statistics Division
  • FAO statistical yearbook 2012: Africa--world food and agriculture. -- Accra, Ghana ; Rome, Italy: FAO, 2013.
  • FAO Statistical Yearbooks -- World food and agriculture, 2004 to present (General)
  
  

 

 

• FAO Forestry
  • FAO Forestry General Home Page
  • State of the World's Forests (English)
    The current issue, with Table of contents & Executive Summary available online; the full reports can only be read by downloading files in PDF.
  • Country profiles

 

 

• FAO Gender and Land Rights Database Since 2010
  • "... to highlight the major political, legal and cultural factors that influence the realisation of women’s land rights throughout the world...a platform to address, discuss and provide information about gender and land issues with the support of 84 Country Profiles, Land Tenure Statistics disaggregated by gender, and a Legal Assessment Tool for gender-equitable land tenure (LAT)."
  • Country profiles
  • Statistics
  • Legal Assessment Tool

 

 

• FAO/GIEWS - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
  • FAO/GIEWS General Home Page = Système mondial d'information et d'alerte rapide
    
  • FAO/GIEWS Special Reports and Alerts: All world areas, 1995 to present
    
  • Food Outlook -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1996-
    Published twice per year, FO provides a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of cereals and other basic food commodities, through an analysis of trends and prospects. It also contains analysis and statistical information on developments in the world cereal markets, export prices and ocean freight rates.
  • Crop Prospects and Food Situation Africa report. -- Rome, Italy: Trade and Markets Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, under the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS), 2006-
    Published four times a year..."focuses on developments affecting the food situation of developing countries and the Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) in particular."
  • Foodcrops and Shortages -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1996-2005.
    F&S was issued six times a year until 2006. Readers are provided with country-by-country summaries of the most recent information on the production, trade, stocks and consumption of food commodities, as well as food aid requirements, pledges and actual deliveries, when appropriate.'
  • Sahel Weather and Crop Situation (2007) -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1995-2007.
    SWCS was issued every month throughout the growing season, which lasts from June to October. The report describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in the Sahel, a drought-prone zone.
  • SADC-FANR: Southern African Development Community - Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources: Development Unit (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    Food security and flood watch information, with numerical indicators, satellite images, maps, and other data; plus links to the country profiles of the 14 SADC countries produced by the Food & Agriculture Global Information and Early Warning System (FAO/GIEWS)

 

 

• FAO Land and Water Development Division
  • Aquastat Programme on Africa (2005-2016) = Aquastat sur l'Afrique
    Note: Search for individual country profiles from the main site or search "Countries" on Columbia's website for direct links to FAO Aquastat country reports. "AQUASTAT [launched in 1993] is an information system on water in agriculture and rural development. It produces regional analyses and country profiles on water resources development, with emphasis on irrigation and drainage."

 

 

• FAO on "Desert Locust Crisis [in the Horn of Africa]." (2020)
• FAO Locust and Other Migratory Pests Home Page
  Includes current situation and forecasts on Desert Locust in Africa and southwest Asia.

 

 

• FAO Regional Fishery Bodies: Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa (FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana)
  

 

 

• FAO Reports on Health in Africa:
  -- "HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Mainland and Small Island Countries of Africa" (2002): presented at the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002
  -- FAO Focus: AIDS -- A Threat to Rural Africa (2000-2001)