The Federal Republic of Germany, through the German Development Bank (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau - KfW) has contributed EUR 17,950,000 to support work by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to rehabilitate key irrigation and agricultural infrastructure in Yemen and communities training. The three-year resilience programme (2021–2023) in...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, provided seeds of white bean, mung bean, maize, carrot, and cucumber to flood-affected farmers in the south-western part of the country. This critical livelihood support aims at safeguarding the incomes of vulnerable rural...

The Tripartite of the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization recently announced this year’s theme for the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance is the new theme with Antimicrobials: Handle with Care still the overarching slogan. The global event is celebrated...

En la tarde de este viernes 23 de abril, se llevó a cabo de manera virtual una reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Directivo Central (CDC) junto a la Comisión de Ganadería de FAA, convocada luego de haberse conocido las nuevas medidas sobre regulación para el sector. En la tarde del jueves se...

Ghana signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union in 2009, as part of the EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan to address illegal logging.     In this context, the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme partnered with Kumasi Wood Cluster (KWC) through two consecutive projects to assist Small...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

En la siguiente tecnología se propone una forma de recuperar la cera de abejas que queda en los opérculos de los marcos fundidos. Los marcos que ya no se utilizarán en los cajones pues están negros, en malas condiciones (deformados), contaminados (crías muertas, hongos, polen fermentado, etc.) deben ser fundidos...

The University of Groningen is presenting a summer school ''Designing sustainable landscapes within regional food systems'' that will hold between 30 August - 3 September 2021. The objective of the school is for participants to develop capacities and skills for the analysis and design of multifunctional agroecological landscapes within sustainable regional food systems,...

Why link social protection to climate-risk management? How can social protection contribute to inclusive climate risk management strategies? What are the main challenges and opportunities for integrating social protection and climate risk management?    Using an illustrative scenario, the course will guide you through the different ways in which social protection...

From a media bed unit start-up in Bangkok to a fully developed 120 households deep water culture (DWC) unit in Ethiopia, aquaponics is showcasing its true potential to produce sustainable food anytime, anywhere. A marriage between aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, snails or prawns in tanks) and hydroponics...

Tracing wood back to the forest it came from is essential to eliminating illegal logging. The National Timber Office of Benin (ONAB), with assistance from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, established an innovative traceability system for its teak plantations that helps prevent illegal logging, transport...

Action Aid's work in Rwanda to promote opportunities for women empowerment and rights project best practices in Agroecology. 

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Armenia, which is highly vulnerable to climate change, has signed up to increase its forest cover and carbon removal from forests by reducing fuelwood demand and by introducing sustainable and climate-adaptive forest management techniques. This is envisaged through a forestry project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the year in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system. The global food system faces many complex challenges, including hunger, malnutrition...

In March of 2021, a Montenegrin cow became the first known exemplar of the species – indeed, the first farm asset of any kind – to be bought with a virtual currency in the western Balkans. Comically but appropriately enough, she was named Bitkoinka. The animal went for 0.013 bitcoin, the...

La región del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) está expuesta a múltiples amenazas entre las que destacan los peligros naturales de origen hidro-meteorológico. Con un sector agrícola y un medio rural vulnerables, las proyecciones referentes al cambio climático anticipan que esta región será una de las que sufrirá el...

ately, there has been increasing discussion over one part of the jigsaw known as the ‘agrifood system’: food loss and waste. Without addressing it, we cannot ensure inclusiveness, food security and sustainability in how our food is produced, processed, traded, and consumed. A webinar organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

The virtual workshop on ''Agroecology and safe food system transitions for green, inclusive and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)'', was organized through the project ''Agroecology and Safe Food System Transition'' (ASSET) by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), FAO, the French Agricultural Research Centre for...

Este documento es una recapitulación de las visiones y acciones de ocho países de la región iberoamericana. En su primer capítulo, se desarrolla una compilación de metodologías de conceptualización y medición de las cocinas como patrimonio cultural y economía  creativa; en el capítulo dos, está presente un análisis de la compilación...