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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) is going to implement a 3-years project on ‘Increasing Access to Finance for Farmers Organizations of Bangladesh’. The project aims to develop each FO’s capacity to access to value chains, markets, technical knowledge, information and financing through training and collective...

Recent technological advances using satellite images provide robust information about forest cover change but not all the necessary information for forest management and planning at the local level. Engaging local community volunteers is a promising way to fill this gap of information. In Bangladesh, there is a history of participation...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an $8.3 million appeal to support Rohingya refugees and host populations - around 1.2 million people - in Bangladesh, as the onset of the cyclone season and monsoon rains is putting already vulnerable communities at even greater risk. The scale of the refugee crisis – nearly 900,000 refugees,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an $8.3 million appeal to support Rohingya refugees and host populations - around 1.2 million people - in Bangladesh, as the onset of the cyclone season and monsoon rains is putting already vulnerable communities at even greater risk. The scale of the refugee...

Child malnutrition has shown significant decline by a third since the mid-90s to the present time, but the levels of chronic malnutrition are still high with 36% of malnourished children found in Bangladesh. Stunting and micronutrient deficiencies such as anemia are also major malnutrition related health concerns for the adolescents....