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FAO and AFoCo sign Memorandum of Understanding

Friday, 29 May 2015, 9:43 pm | FAO

29/5/2015, Bangkok, Thailand – The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today formalized its collaboration with the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) during the singing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at FAO’s Regional ... More >>

Seeking new ways to address climate change

Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 4:19 pm | FAO

Seeking new ways to address climate change and other pressing issues facing the Pacific FAO Director-General stresses the need for an “all-government” approach 12/05/2015, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - The Eleventh Meeting of Southwest Pacific ... More >>

Asian countries help safeguard food security

Sunday, 26 April 2015, 11:52 am | FAO

Asian countries help safeguard food security with new regional network to preserve, inform and utilize plant genetic resources More >>

World rice production contracts slightly

Saturday, 11 April 2015, 10:22 am | FAO

10/04/2015, Bangkok/Rome – Following years of bumper harvests, rice production has experienced its first annual contraction since 2009, while global prices for the grain remain soft, according to the first rice market report of 2015, published ... More >>

A glass of milk for every child – Asia

Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 9:13 pm | FAO

A glass of milk for every child – Asia’s dairy farmers aim to boost production, livelihoods and nutrition More >>

FAO member countries in Asia-Pacific fight against hunger

Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 5:22 pm | FAO

Down for the count – FAO member countries in Asia-Pacific work to improve agricultural and rural statistics to help fight hunger, malnutrition More >>

Striking a balance on developing bioenergy

Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 4:19 pm | FAO

17 March 2015, Bangkok, Thailand – While the price of fossil fuels has seen a considerable fall in recent months, demand for bioenergy products is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, alongside the growth of crops for food, a senior ... More >>

Agriculture bears major brunt of disaster impacts - report

Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 2:09 pm | FAO

17 March 2015, Sendai, Japan - Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to initial results from a new FAO study released here today at the UN World Conference for Disaster ... More >>

Pacific move to sustainable intensification of aquaculture

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 11:06 am | FAO

Countries in Asia and the Pacific move forward with ecologically sustainable intensification of aquaculture to help feed a rapidly growing, fish-consuming world More >>

Feeding the world through advancements in e-Agriculture

Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 3:36 pm | FAO

3 March 2015, Bangkok, Thailand – Guidelines to improve the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in agriculture – gains which could bring innovation in agricultural technology, ensure more efficient food production, mitigate ... More >>

Asia/Pacific prepare for new global climate-change agreement

Saturday, 28 February 2015, 11:35 am | FAO

Bangkok, Thailand, 24 February 2015 – Representatives from some 20 Asia-Pacific countries have moved a step closer in developing their national strategies for action in anticipation of a new global agreement on climate change expected to be finalized ... More >>

FAO work toward improvements in global food security

Saturday, 7 February 2015, 11:09 am | FAO

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Japan’s University of Tsukuba pledge to work together toward improvements in global food security More >>

Nepal launches National Zero Hunger Challenge

Saturday, 20 December 2014, 12:31 pm | FAO

Kathmandu, Nepal, 19 December 2014 – The Government of Nepal, with the collaboration and support of the United Nations, today launched a national Zero Hunger Challenge, a major initiative to eradicate hunger in the Himalayan country by 2025. More >>

Rice exports surged in 2014 setting a new record – FAO

Saturday, 20 December 2014, 12:30 pm | FAO

Bangkok, 18 December 2014 – Bumper crops and a surge in demand for rice, particularly in the Far East, have resulted in 2014 recording the highest rice export figures ever, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. More >>

Asia’s graduating scientists urged to solve food security

Saturday, 20 December 2014, 11:58 am | FAO

Bangkok, Thailand, 17 December 2014 – Nearly 300 of Asia’s brightest, newly graduated university students and doctoral candidates could one day find the answers to feeding an ever growing world, a senior official with the UN’s Food and Agriculture ... More >>

FAO praises government for early typhoon warnings

Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:22 pm | FAO

Manila, Philippines, 9 December 2014 – Philippine farmers and fishers have felt the full force of typhoon Hagupit (locally known as Ruby) which has now swept through seven regions of the country, including the Visayas and MIMAROPA areas that were ... More >>