By Dr QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Forest restoration and reforestation (FRR) in Asia is one of its major regional goals. According to FAO from 2000 to 2015, in Southeast Asia, the forest area has decreased to about 32 million ha, reflecting an annual decline of about 0.35% in their total forest cover of 924 million ha....
Reviewing the “Evidence-based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain”
25 April 2019
25 April 2019
The government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) are cooperating to implement the project “Evidence-based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain.” This project is funded...
Ways forward for Myanmar National Forest Inventory
03 April 2019
03 April 2019
Field Methodology Training to the Pioneer Field Crew Leaders and Assistant Field Crew Leaders for Myanmar National Forest Inventory
Myanmar has a long tradition in Forest Inventory and is among first countries in the world that historically had established sample-based large area forest inventories. The first National scale forest inventory was...
Agriculture, Livestock Breeding and Fishery Development Committee of Amyotha Hluttaw is currently conducting their field visits concerning the “analysis of reducing the side effects of chemical residue in agriculture.” Aiming to learn the situation at the community level for better solutions relating Food Safety, a group of the members of...
ASF Emergency Preparedness Mission to Myanmar
08 March 2019
08 March 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) launched a mission this week in Myanmar to heighten preparedness for African swine fever. The mission was conducted in partnership with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, FAO Myanmar, World...