Press Release: El Niño – EU plans to step up funding in new approach to address global food crises

On 25 April 2016, the European Commission prepared an additional EU contribution of €414 million to address both the immediate and longer term needs of people affected by food crises in El Niño-affected regions (Latin America and Caribbean, Southern, Central and Eastern Africa, as well as few Asian and Pacific countries).

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/16/1514, 25.04.16: El Niño - EU plans to step up funding in new approach to address global food crisis http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-1514_en.htm

ESO: Background information: The EU has announced new actions to respond to the El Niño and food security crisis in the Horn of Africa http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-has-announced-new-actions-to-respond-to-the-el-nino-and-food-security-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/

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