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FAO's 39th Conference opened this Saturday (06/06), with representatives from 194 countries including more than 130 ministers gathered to discuss the Organization's future workplan, set a new two-year budget, and elect the next FAO Director-General. Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, FAO's host country, opened the proceedings with a speech describing the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday (02/06) participated in a workshop on the "Collaboration between Mozambique and Portugal in the agriculture, food and forestry sectors". The workshop brought together representatives of the United Nations agencies and the Government of Mozambique as well as members...

70 farmer association leaders, managers of agricultural production and technicians from the District Services for Economic Activities (SDAE) and the District Services for Education, Youth and Technology (SDEJT) of the Province of Tete, central Mozambique, are now qualified to develop their own production and trading plans. This was the main...

The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 – or around one person out of every nine, according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report "The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015" (SOFI). In...

On 21 May, the three Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – welcomed four Heads of Mission from the European Union in Mozambique to projects of the agencies in...