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Arab Hoballah, executive director of SEED (left) and Geoff Green, founder of Green Acre Living.
UN Radio, Matt Wells.

Sustainable small business awards at UN “tremendously empowering”

14 July 2017
General News

Winning one of the prestigious UN-backed SEED awards, which highlight some of the most entrepreneurial and sustainable small businesses in Africa and beyond, is “tremendously empowering”.

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Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Afar Region. 08 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAO/Tamiru Legesse

Seed distributions help drought-hit Ethiopia farmers “bounce back”

13 October 2016
General News

A seed distribution campaign has helped Ethiopian farmers “bounce back” following a severe drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

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Improved seeds soon available for millions of farmers in Central Asia, UN says

30 July 2008
Improved seeds that are better suited to local conditions will soon be available to millions of farmers in Central Asia through a new regional seed association launched in Ankara, Turkey, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.