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30 July 2024
Growing concerns about the impact of pesticide use on biodiversity and human health – and increasing demand for products from biodiversity-friendly production systems – have led to growing interest in alternative methods of pest control, including particularly the use of microbial and invertebrate biological control agents (BCAs).
The Commission on Genetic...
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14 June 2024
From May 13 to 17, 2024, Rwanda hosted an inspiring Learning Journey on Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Farming with support from FAO under the EU-funded ACP MEAs 3 programmme. As the third phase of the programme is coming to an end, farmers, extension and policy officers from five focus countries...
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04 April 2024
Cape Town - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the ACP MEAs 3 project and in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have organized a three-day workshop to validate the SADC Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP).
From 8 to 10 April 2024, more than...
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01 April 2024
From 18 to 26 March, the sub-regional dialogue on National Biodiversity and Strategy Action Plans (NBSAPs) of Pacific countries took place in Fiji, giving space to over 80 participants from Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands,...
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26 March 2024
Celebrating both the World Water Day and the International Day of Forests, twenty-five students and three teachers of the Anse La Raye Primary School in Saint Lucia took a field trip to the Troumassée River, the island’s longest river, and the Makote Mangrove Forest, thanks to the FAO ACP MEAs...
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05 March 2024
During a handover event in Tanzania, from the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries - Phase III (ACP MEAs 3) programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered modern equipment to 300 small-scale beekeepers across six districts. The beehives,...
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04 March 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) made significant progress in enhancing environmental sustainability in Zimbabwe.Over the last three years, under the ACP-MEAS 3 project, a European Union-funded initiative that seeks to strengthen environmental governance and implement Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), Zimbabwe has made significant progress in...
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04 March 2024
The ACP-MEAs 3 project brings hope to the farmers in Zimbabwe, who are facing the challenges of climate change head-on and are determined to adapt to these challenges using nature-based solutions.In a region where about 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture, the frequency of El Niño occurrences in...
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26 February 2024
FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development (MoA) in Saint Lucia celebrated the graduation from Farmer Field Schools (FFS) of thirty-two farmers. The FFSs were executed under the European Union (EU) funded Programme for Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries Phase...
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13 December 2023
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and FAO's European Union-funded ACP-MEAs 3 Project, recently organized a workshop to revise and update the SADC Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (SBSAP).The workshop, which took place from November 13...