FAO distributed half a million day-old broiler chickens to families living in the frontline regions of Ukraine

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of Japan and France, supported 18,454 vulnerable families from the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions, providing them with 554,000 day-old chicks and 461.3 tons of starter feed. The aid provided in August-September is aimed both at solving food security problems and at restoring livelihoods. This is reported by the press service of FAO, reports Agrobusiness Today. "By giving these families the opportunity to produce their own food, we help them regain their independence and regain some stability. Poultry farming is a reliable source of high-protein food and a potential source of income from the sale of raised chickens in local markets. FAO remains committed to helping war-affected households by providing them with the support they need to strengthen food security and rebuild their livelihoods,” said Mohammed Azuka, acting head of the FAO ...