By Jong-Jin Kim, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific
Discussion around...
Increasing and improving provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner is one of the five Strategic Objectives of the FAO. As an effort of implementing this Objective, FAO launched a project in support of the “Capacity Building Training Program – Strengthening Capacity of...
Challenging to the end of hunger in Myanmar
07 August 2018
07 August 2018
Among the great challenges the world faces is how to ensure that a growing global population - projected to rise to around 10 billion by 2050 – has enough quality food to meet their nutritional needs for a healthy life. This for a planet experiencing increasing water and land scarcity,...
On 11th July 2018, Mr Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific at UNDP officially inaugurated the new UN office in Myanmar’s Capital Nay Pyi Taw in the presence of H.E. U Soe Win, Union Minister, the Ministry of Planning...
The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme is now accepting concept notes from government institutions, civil society, indigenous and tribal peoples, and private sector organisations in countries engaged in Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the European Union. Grants up to USD 110 000 are available through the Programme to support ongoing VPA processes...
