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Islamabad- Pakistan is an agrarian economy where 60- 70% population’s livelihoods depend on the agriculture sector[1]. In addition, it contributes 19.2 percent to the GDP and provides employment to around 38.5 percent of the labor force which accounts 67% of women and girls. Despite the significant role that women play...

(03/09/2012): His Excellency, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Mr Sohail Mahmood, received Ms Florence Rolle who presented her credentials as the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Pakistan.Mr Sohail Mahmood, while welcoming Ms Florence Rolle as a Representative of FAO in Pakistan, said that the   prevailing collaboration between...

A consultative workshop on Innovative Financing for Agricultural Research was jointly organized by Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide an opportunity to look at examples of financial mechanisms for research in Pakistan and around the...

Islamabad – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held an inception workshop for formulation of the Global Environment Facility funded “Range and livestock management” project, Punjab. The workshop was arranged in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change, Forest and Wildlife and Fisheries Department Punjab. The workshop...

Success stories and lessons from Pakistan for the Asia-Pacific regionJune 11, 2021, Islamabad – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held a webinar; celebrating forest and landscape restoration; success stories and lessons from Pakistan for the Asia-Pacific region today to mark the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration...