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Five traditional farming systems in China, Korea and Spain have been designated by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems". These include two sites in Spain which are the first such sites ever to be recognized in Europe– the Malaga Raisin Production System in La Axarquía and the Salt Production System...

At the invitation of the Forestry Department of Hunan Province (FDHP), Vincent Martin, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China and two other delegates visited the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project under the Forestry Department and the West Dongting Lake Nature Reserve from...

This week is Antibiotic Awareness Week, and its main message is that people should seek expert advice before using antimicrobials. We have all seen it, and many of us have even been guilty of it. A sick child, a sore throat, a trip to the doctor — and a prescription for an...

In order to reduce China's food waste and loss, the SAVE FOOD conference was held in China on 8 November, 2017. More than 200 delegates from the food processing and packaging sectors attended the meeting and had in-depth discussion on how to reduce food loss and waste through advanced processing...

A week-long high-level dialogue for exchanging innovative policies and experiences in food system within the framework of “China - FAO South-South Cooperation Programme” was hosted recently in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. It was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China (MoA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...