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Indonesia’s Salak Agroforestry System Receives Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Recognition From FAO
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 6:48 am | FAO
Under the flagship programme of FAO, the sites selected are of global significance, demonstrating food security and livelihoods, agrobiodiversity, sustainable knowledge systems and practices, social values and cultural heritage, as well as outstanding ... More >>
Hunger Numbers Stubbornly High For Three Consecutive Years As Global Crises Deepen: UN Report
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 4:58 am | FAO
Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized ... More >>
FAO Urges Immediate Action As New Variants Of Avian Influenza Threaten Asia And The Pacific
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:54 am | FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent regional efforts to combat a rise in avian influenza cases across the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
FAO Urges Immediate Action As New Variants Of Avian Influenza Threaten Asia And The Pacific
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:06 pm | FAO
Governments, international organizations and the private sector must collaborate and share information transparently and in a timely manner to devise effective containment strategies. More >>
Filipino Community Leader Wins Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2024
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:35 am | FAO
Filipino community leader Nida Collado today won the 2024 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award for her outstanding achievements and steadfast commitment to forest conservation and restoration and improving livelihoods. More >>
Forests Face Increasing Climate-related Stress Amid Growing Demand For Their Products, FAO Report Warns
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:38 am | FAO
Climate change is increasing the susceptibility of the world's forests to stressors such as wildfires and pests, according to a new flagship publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that emphasizes the role ... More >>
FAO Uses Innovative Tools To Promote 'Farming As A Family Business' In Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:41 am | FAO
Government Officers, staff of implementing partner organisations and Lead Farmers Trained to Address Gender Issues and Improve Incomes at farming household levels in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. More >>
Celebrating International Day For Biodiversity With Funding For New FAO Projects In The Pacific
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 9:09 am | FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will implement projects in Palau and Samoa with financing from the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). More >>
Training Farmers To Treat Farming As A Business In Papua New Guinea
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 7:45 pm | FAO
The UNCDF under EU-STREIT PNG imparted to farmers basic financial literacy skills with a focus on savings to make them realize farming as a sustainable and viable business can support their livelihood. Wewak, Papua New Guinea – Appreciating farming ... More >>
Afghanistan - To Avoid A Catastrophe, Agricultural Assistance Is Urgently Needed
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 6:42 am | FAO
Farmers and herders are vital if the country is to climb out of a hunger trap, says FAO Kabul/Rome - As the Afghan people confront widespread drought, the collapse of rural livelihoods and widespread economic upheaval, the Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Regional Food Systems Dialogue – A Call To Action
Friday, 11 June 2021, 6:28 am | FAO
Bold new thinking and decisive action will be needed to reshape and re-engineer food systems in Asia and the Pacific to make them more responsive, more dynamic and more equitable to meet the nutritional and other needs of the most populous -- yet ... More >>
On World Food Safety Day, Adopt A One Health Approach To Ensure Food Is Safe To Consume
Monday, 7 June 2021, 5:31 pm | FAO
On World Food Safety Day, Everyone From Growers To Supply Chains To Consumers Across Asia And The Pacific Must Adopt A One Health Approach To Ensure Food Is Safe To Consume More than 600 million people, or 1 in 10, fall ill and 420 000 die each year from ... More >>
FAO Members Call For Action Against Food Loss And Waste In The World’s Hungriest Region – Asia And The Pacific
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 6:06 am | FAO
02/06/2021 Bangkok, Thailand – Food loss and waste is a major issue in the Asia and Pacific region and coordinated, strategic actions are needed to address the impact it is having on climate change, food security, and the region’s overall economy. ... More >>
Ensuring Biodiversity For Systematic And Sustainable Food Systems Transformation
Saturday, 22 May 2021, 5:31 am | FAO
21/05/2021 Bangkok As the world prepares for transformations to its food systems in order to feed a growing planet, nutritiously and in an environmentally sustainable way, maintaining biodiversity will be a critical element in that equation, a panel ... More >>
FAO’s Asia-Pacific Emergency Centre For Transboundary Animal Diseases: 5 Year Plan For Next Wave Of Zoonotic Diseases
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 5:17 am | FAO
14/05/2021 Bangkok, Thailand – As the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic continues to claim lives, ruin the health and livelihoods of millions across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in South Asia at present, a team of veterinary scientists, epidemiologists, sociologists ... More >>
FAO And Lao People’s Democratic Republic Move Forward With Hand-in-Hand Initiative
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 6:07 am | FAO
FAO and Lao People’s Democratic Republic move forward with Hand-in-Hand Initiative to accelerate resource partnerships for sustainable agriculture and rural development 12/05/2021, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic — The Minister of Agriculture ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission Convenes Amid COVID-19’s Continued Menace To World’s Fisheries Hub
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 5:28 am | FAO
05/05/2021, Bangkok, Thailand – The 36th Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) has wrapped up the first of its three-day biennial session, convened in its first all-virtual format, amid ongoing uncertainties created within fishery-food ... More >>
FAO Partnership And Liaison Office In Republic Of Korea
Friday, 9 April 2021, 5:49 am | FAO
08/04/2021, Seoul – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today officially launched operations at its Partnership and Liaison Office in the Republic of Korea in a move that will accelerate knowledge sharing, innovation ... More >>
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu Visits Thailand – With A Matchmaking Proposal
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 5:16 am | FAO
FAO Chief discusses partnerships, innovation and technology in Thailand’s food and agriculture sectors, with the Kingdom seen as a potential hub of excellence to help deliver the SDGs More >>
Partnerships with the private sector are vital
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 4:17 pm | FAO
Partnerships with the private sector are vital for boosting global food production and nutrition levels More >>