By Dr QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Aiming at supporting the livestock development, FAO through a LIFT-funded project has worked with the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) on developing a national policy to train and accredit Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs). The project is now piloting the accreditation of a first group of 59 CAHWs and...
"Food Safety, everyone's business": Celebrating the first World Food Safety Day in Myanmar
08 June 2019
08 June 2019
Food is the starting point of our energy, our health and our wellbeing and food safety has a critical role in assuring that food stays safe at every stage of the food chain. Widespread collaboration and contributions of all actors in the food supply chain, as well as good governance...
Fisheries and aquaculture sector in Myanmar is critically important to the country’s food and nutrition security and economy. At the same time, the country is vulnerable to extreme climate events, which have caused significant loss of lives, damage to infrastructure and also had important impact in the livelihoods of fishing...
Celebrating the World Environment Day 2019
05 June 2019
05 June 2019
A platform for action “World Environment Day” which falls on 5th of June every year is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely...
Wildfire refers to unwanted fires that have gone out of control, consuming vegetation in rural landscapes. Wildfires are a serious problem in Myanmar with local and wide reaching regional impacts. According to FAO analysis on NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, Myanmar has the highest burn rate in Southeast...