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The\u00a0Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)<\/a>\u00a0has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to combat the worsening Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

The ASTF Steering Committee Chairperson, Maria De Fatima Jardim, who is also the Permanent Representative of Angola to FAO said:<\/p>\n

The contribution from the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund presents a timely opportunity calling upon all African countries and resource partners to support the outbreak through the ASTF platform.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Maria Helena Semedo, FAO\u2019s Deputy Director-General for Climate and Natural Resources, who is currently attending a ministerial briefing on Desert Locusts on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa called for immediate action to deal with the nomadic pests \u201cbefore the next planting season.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to FAO\u2019s latest update, the recent upsurge presents an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.<\/p>\n

The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) is an innovative Africa-led fund that was launched in 2013 to support African development initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The ASTF Steering Committee Chairperson, Maria De Fatima Jardim, who is also the Permanent Representative of Angola to FAO said: The contribution from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1321,1322],"class_list":{"0":"post-19289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-astf","10":"tag-food-and-agriculture"},"yoast_head":"\nAfrica Solidarity Trust Fund Donates $1M To FAO To Combat Desert Locusts - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The\u00a0Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)\u00a0has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa Solidarity Trust Fund Donates $1M To FAO To Combat Desert Locusts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)\u00a0has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-11T18:43:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/08\/Drought-Zimbabwe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts\",\"name\":\"Africa Solidarity Trust Fund Donates $1M To FAO To Combat Desert Locusts - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/08\/Drought-Zimbabwe.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-11T18:43:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-11T18:43:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"The\u00a0Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)\u00a0has donated $1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/africa-solidarity-trust-fund-donates-1m-to-fao-to-combat-desert-locusts#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/08\/Drought-Zimbabwe.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/08\/Drought-Zimbabwe.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Villagers gather food Jan. 15 at a distribution point near Harare, Zimbabwe. 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