Angola's Institute of Agrarian Development (IDA) is a key partner in the information campaign, including IDA agricultural extension workers who are reaching farmers in their fields and villages.

In a field of cabbages in Huambo Province, an agricultural extension service worker stands a safe distance from a group of women farmers and speaks to them about the dangers of this new virus and how they can protect themselves.

They understand that they are crucial in this crisis, so they want to be healthy to keep working and producing food for Angolan families," said Celestino Vonjila Essuvo, FAO Farmer Field Schools Coordinator in Huambo Province.

Across Africa, FAO is tapping into existing networks of farmer field schools, extension workers, women's discussion groups and community veterinary health networks to share COVID-19 health and safety messages.

FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and the World Health Organization's information campaign aims to reach 1 million rural families in Angola.