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23 September 2020
Data from Market Community Survey conducted by COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Team -- consisting of Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and Food and Agriculture Organization’s Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD) supported by United States Agency for...
Data from Market Community Survey conducted by COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Team -- consisting of Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and Food and Agriculture Organization’s Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD) supported by United States Agency for...
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03 September 2020
Jakarta/Thimpu/Bangkok/Rome Government representatives from 46 countries in the Asia Pacific region gathered virtually today at the 35th Session of FAO’s Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) examining the present situation of the regions’ food security. The conference put special emphasize on the implications of the spread of the coronavirus...
Jakarta/Thimpu/Bangkok/Rome Government representatives from 46 countries in the Asia Pacific region gathered virtually today at the 35th Session of FAO’s Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) examining the present situation of the regions’ food security. The conference put special emphasize on the implications of the spread of the coronavirus...
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01 September 2020
Bangkok/Thimphu As COVID-19 continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today
Bangkok/Thimphu As COVID-19 continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today
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27 August 2020
Jakarta – The current COVID-19 global pandemic and other prior outbreaks such as coronavirus Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and Ebola remind us of the importance of the understanding of zoonoses (animal to human spillover diseases) and emerging infectious diseases (EID) threats. Wildlife wet markets and the consumption of bush meat become...
Jakarta – The current COVID-19 global pandemic and other prior outbreaks such as coronavirus Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and Ebola remind us of the importance of the understanding of zoonoses (animal to human spillover diseases) and emerging infectious diseases (EID) threats. Wildlife wet markets and the consumption of bush meat become...
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25 August 2020
The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a great impact on agriculture and food systems in Asia and the Pacific, a region already beset by climate and weather related challenges, such as droughts and flooding. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing...
The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a great impact on agriculture and food systems in Asia and the Pacific, a region already beset by climate and weather related challenges, such as droughts and flooding. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing...