Guest Post March 16, 2020 Circular agriculture: A vision for sustainability Carola Schouten Dutch Minister Carola Schouten on integrating farming, nature, and food.

Country: Somalia Source: International Committee of the Red Cross With 2.6 million people uprooted from their homes in Somalia, the ICRC commends the government on its action to protect and help displaced families by ratifying the Kampala Convention.

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: UN Children’s Fund An average of 1 Syrian child has been killed every 10 hours over past six years. As the conflict enters its 10th year, millions of children are entering their second decade of life surrounded by war.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated critical medical supplies to the Chinese government to support its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, two batches of supplies were sent from Beijing and Shanghai to Wuhan – the epicenter of the outbreak in Hubei Province – on 12 and 13 March. As of 12 March, in Hubei Province, there were still more than 13,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 patients receiving hospital treatment. The medical supplies, which include non-invasive ventilators, […]

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: UN News Service Although a fragile ceasefire agreed in northwest Syria is still holding, UN humanitarians warn of dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by conflict, now in its tenth year.