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FAO workshop calls for gender empowerment
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 9:30 am | FAO
FAO Asia-Pacific News, Bangkok – 11th December 2013. In recent years, climate-smart agriculture has emerged as a proven approach to ensure food security, increase agricultural productivity and incomes, build resilience to climate change and reduce emissions. More >>
Asia’s rice crops face setbacks from adverse weather
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 10:29 am | FAO
Asia’s rice crops face setbacks from adverse weather, global production growth rate revised down, prices fall Some markets to fare better than others – production gains in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Thailand Bangkok, Thailand, 04 Dec 2013 ... More >>
Farmers hit by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 9:46 am | FAO
Regions most severely affected by the typhoon account for one-third of the total rice production in the country More >>
Time to tap the full potential of Asia-Pacific’s forests
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:55 pm | FAO
33 countries from Asia and the Pacific examine the potential for a more efficient and prosperous development of forest products across the region More >>
FAO Expert Consultation a first in New Zealand
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 2:50 pm | FAO
FAO is holding an Expert Consultation on dietary protein quality in Auckland from 31 March to 2 April. This is the first time a meeting of this type has been held in Australasia. More >>
More Funds Needed For Fight Against Pirate Fishers
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 5:31 am | FAO
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is particularly problematic in the developing world, where limited funds and expertise mean that oversight of fishing activities in coastal waters is often lax and port controls are weak. More >>
$30 Billion/Year To Eradicate Scourge Of Hunger
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:31 am | FAO
Noting that the time for talk was over and that action was urgently needed, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today appealed to world leaders for US$30 billion a year to re-launch agriculture and avert future threats of conflicts over food. More >>
Intact Mangroves Could Have Reduced Nargis Damage
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 9:08 pm | FAO
Intact and dense coastal vegetation reduces the impacts of waves and currents associated with the storm surge. Coastal forests can also act as windbreaks in reducing devastation in coastal communities resulting from cyclones. More >>
Food Prices Remain High Despite Higher Output
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 9:05 pm | FAO
FAO calls the sustained rise in imported food expenditures for vulnerable country groups “a worrying development,” and says that by the end of 2008 their annual food import basket could cost four times as much as it did in 2000. More >>
Concern over situation of high-seas fish species
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 9:23 am | FAO
5 March 2007 - Although the proportion of the world’s marine fish stocks rated by FAO as overexploited or depleted has remained stable over the past 15 years, the status of certain highly migratory and high-seas species is cause for serious concern, ... More >>
