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FactsheetTechnical Support for Improved Food Security through Capacity Development for Livestock Trade and the Control of Livestock Diseases in South Sudan - TCP/SSD/3901 2025
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No results found.In South Sudan, livestock is a major contributor to food and nutrition security, with more than 65 per cent of the population relying on it for their livelihoods. The livestock sector has been severely affected by flooding since 2019. According to a recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assessment, the 2021 floods affected an estimated 10.1 million animals in different states, resulting in 795 000 animal deaths, especially small ruminants (sheep and goats) which are typically owned by poorer and more vulnerable households. The worst affected states were Unity, Jonglei and Upper Nile where 13.7 percent, 10.7 percent, and 7.6 percent of affected animals died respectively. In addition, the floods created conditions conducive to the outbreak of animal diseases, including zoonotic diseases (which can affect both animals and humans) such as Rift Valley Fever. For example, in the Greater Bahr El Ghazal region, increased cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD), haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in cattle, pest of small ruminants (PPR) and footrot in small ruminants were reported. As a result, and due to animal deaths and reduced livestock production and productivity, the floods affected livelihoods, food security and nutrition. -
FactsheetCapacity Development on Diagnostic and Surveillance System of Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease - TCP/RAS/3619 2020
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No results found.Banana is the fruit accounting for the largest quantityof international and domestic trade, supporting around8 million farmers in Asia for their daily income. The bananaindustry, however, is beset with the damage caused byFusarium wilt, a disease that spreads through movementof planting materials or soil attached to non-hosts. Thedisease caused the complete collapse in internationaltrade of the Gros Michel banana variety in the early 1900s,although the situation stabilized following the introductionof the Cavendish cultivar in the 1920s. In the 1980’s,however, the Cavendish cultivars also succumbedto Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4(hereafter referred to as “Foc TR4”).At regional level, Foc TR4 was detected in Taiwan in the1980s and spread to Indonesia and Malaysia in the 1990s.The disease has now reached China and the Philippines,while the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs)of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic,Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam have reported theobservation of infested banana areas. Amid fears thatthe disease might spread, affecting banana production bysmall farmers for national and export markets, a requestwas made to FAO for technical support to control thedisease.The project focused on the importance of detectionsurveys to determine the status and extent of Foc TR4disease infestation in recipient countries, in an attemptto mitigate and prevent its spread to new areas. Its aimwas to build the capacity of the six recipient countries todevelop and advocate the viable options for mitigatingthe incursion and preventing the spread of bananaFoc TR4 disease.As a result of project activities, regional and nationalcontrol strategies for Foc TR4 were developed during ameeting of -
FactsheetSupport Development and Implementation of a Livestock Feed Management Programme in Kenya - TCP/KEN/3902 2025
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No results found.Given the adverse impacts of climate adaptation, Kenya’s population is witnessing food insecurity at an increasing rate. A total of 23 out of the 47 counties in Kenya, or 80 percent of the country’s total land mass, is constituted of vast Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), which are observing particularly high rates of hunger and malnutrition. Of these affected populations, a primary means of sustenance is based on pastoralism and related professions. Agriculturally dependent communities experience a range of increased vulnerabilities due to increased climate change such as through common irregular seasonal rains and periodic droughts, reduction of herd size and the incurred loss of productivity and forced migration in search of pastures and water sources. These factors all lead to rising cases of food and water scarcity, increased acute or chronic malnutrition, and extreme acute hunger; all of which may ultimately require humanitarian assistance. Evidence shows that programming aimed at protecting pastoral livelihoods by bridging the gaps in livestock feeds during lean seasons has a significant impact on preventing seasonal spikes in acute malnutrition, with research indicating that children in households with consistent access to livestock feeds throughout dry seasons consume 200 ml more milk per day than those without.
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