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The European Union funded MALIS project implemented by FAO and the General Directorate of Agriculture is nearing completion after more than three years of work in the target provinces of Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear. The scope of nutrition education activities in MALIS has included increasing the general awareness of...

The growth and development of children is clearly related to a country’s economic and social development.  Appropriate nutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn, and rise out of poverty. It can also shape a society’s long-term...

Siem Reap.- The ten members of ASEAN have come a step closer to the establishment of a social protection floor that would benefit farmers and rural workers, a UN-sponsored ASEAN meeting heard today. During the course of the last two days, ASEAN members have been considering a plan of action to...

Bangkok, Thailand.- The Asia-Pacific region has taken a step forward in the development of a coordinated strategy and action plan that will lead to the sustainable intensification of aquaculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today. Senior government aquaculture and fisheries officials from 16 countries in the...

Phnom Penh – The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner organizations participated in the World Food Day 2014 celebration under the theme “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth.” The theme...