Forestry experts from all over China are meeting today in Xi’an to collect accurate data on land use and land use change in China.

Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region.

From rabies to zoonotic infl...

The Ministry for Energy and Water (MEW) has presented the FAO Representation in Afghanistan with an award for its “excellent work in developing and managing the water sector in Afghanistan.”

The award was presented to the FAO Representation this week by the Acting MEW Minister, Mohammad...

Innovation, access to rural credit – particularly for women – and improvements to rural social protection programmes are important tools to help family farmers in Southeast Asia improve their livelihoods and become more food secure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (...

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warns pest is “here to stay” – but it can be managed to limit damage

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization convenes meeting of countries affected

FAO’s support to build Tonga’s horticulture competitiveness began in earnest with the official opening of its inception workshop in Nuku’alofa in February.

FAO in collaboration with the Ministry for Agriculture and Food & Forests aims to increase the efficiency of crops production, ...

The Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will collaborate in a regional project to boost coastal fisheries and livelihoods.

A signing ceremony between the Government of Japan and FAO took place at the FAO subregional office in Apia, S...

The Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will collaborate in a regional project to boost coastal fisheries and livelihoods.

The Government of Myanmar and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a multi-year framework agreement that will create an enabling environment to improve nutrition and food security in Myanmar, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use of natural resources.

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The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has urged countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) 

The Kingdom of Denmark through the Royal Danish Emb...

Putting agriculture back on track is crucial to avert famine in the country facing the world’s worst food crisis

Poultry producer groups have joined forces with the Northern Agriculture and Forestry College (NAFC) and relevant local authorities from Lao PDR to study the community poultry flock health management approach and associated disease risk reduction at the Puparn Royal Development Study...

Farmers and farmers’ groups in Guadalcanal, Malaita and Temotu provinces in Solomon Islands have recently completed trainings on improve production and farm management practices.

Technical topics such as rapid multiplication on taro and yam, seed saving, nursery managements, soil fertil...

With the approval of the Government of Afghanistan, the Republic of Korea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to provide emergency assistance to some 5 800 drought-affected vulnerable farming families in two of the worst drought-affected pro...

2018 signifies a major push forward for the Integrated Forest Management Project in the Solomon Islands. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) the project, which was approved in 2016, began implementation this year following the recruitment of most of the project personnel. The proje...

Gaining knowledge in agriculture is crucial for young farmers to create job opportunities. A training workshop to build capacity of selected young farmers in agribusiness Management and contract farming which took place in Apia, Samoa.

The workshop combines the efforts of the Minis...

6 December 2018, Rome. The signing ceremony of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the People’s Republic of China, and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ...

Myanmar, Niger and ECOWAS report progress in developing an enabling environment for ensuring that efforts towards Zero Hunger achieve impact