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Ahead of the first ever United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) later this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations participated in the second national dialogue today in which the Minister of Food was chief guest. The summit, which will take place in September, will launch bold new...

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), celebrated World Milk Day today and the start of Dairy Week. FAO established World Milk Day in 2001 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – In the build up to the first ever United Nations Food Systems Summit later this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have hosted Bangladesh’s inaugural Food Systems Dialogue.  Around 50 high-level participants discussed how to make...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is set to benefit from support to help it transition to a more resilient and greener economy, thanks to a two-year project funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). GCF is the world’s largest...

Khoybor Ali does not let his disability get in his way. He drives an auto-rickshaw taxi using his crutch. The little income he earns supports his entire family. Khoybor lives in a small community of ten households. There is one room for each household. They all share one kitchen and...