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The Director General visited the FAO supported Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme area in Kusadevi Village Development Committee (VDC) of Kavrepalanchowk District, 50 km south east to the Kathmandu valley on 12 March 2016.  The visit was accompanied by Minister for Agricultural Development, Secretary and Joint Secretary at Ministry of...

The Director General of FAO José Graziano da Silva paid a courtesy call on Right Honourable President Mrs Bidya Devi Bhandari on 13 March 2016 in Kathmandu. The meeting was joined by High level officials of the Office of the President. During the meeting held at the President’s Office in Sheetal...

The Director General of FAO José Graziano da Silva paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister K P Oli at his residence on 13 March 2016. The meeting was joined by the Vice Chair of National Planning Commission Yuva Raj Khatiwada and officials of the National Reconstruction Authority. The Director General Graziano...

The Government of Nepal, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has today launched a National Action Plan to eradicate hunger from the country by 2025.

Belgium's USD 500 000 contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) emergency programme in Nepal is helping the Government to support more than 114 000 earthquake-affected people to restart their agriculture-based livelihoods that were disrupted by the disaster. Over 80 percent of the families in the...