By Dr QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
FAO Myanmar has recently published the second issue of the quarterly newsletter in 2017.
FishAdapt project launched in Nay Pyi Taw
29 June 2017
29 June 2017
The fisheries and aquaculture sector in Myanmar is critically important to the country’s food and nutrition security and economy. Climate change is forecast to have a significant impact on the sector. For capture fisheries (marine and inland) these impacts include changes in sea surface temperature, higher inland water temperature, changes...
FAO Myanmar celebrating the World Environment Day
06 June 2017
06 June 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks the observance the World Environment Day (WED) at the event organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) in Nay Pyi Taw. The World Environment Day is the United Nations’ flagship day to enhance worldwide awareness and...
U Min Thu, a 61-year-old farmer lives in Gone Nar, one of the villages affected by previous incidence of violence Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State. Similar to the majority of villagers, he relies on subsistence agriculture, with paddy being a main crop during the monsoon season.
Having only four acres of land,...
FAO, MOALI and MAEU collaborate to enhance DRR/DRM through modern geospatial technologies
22 May 2017
22 May 2017
FAO Myanmar is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) and the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (MAEU) of the Ministry of Education to promote the application of innovative technologies to enhance DRR/DRM in the agriculture sector through utilization of Drones.
In this regard, a training for the recently...