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Islamabad – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked the World Day Against Child Labour stressing on the need to include child labour prevention in agriculture and food security programmes, policies and strategies. At a ‘COVID-19: Population, food security and child labour’ webinar organized by the Development Communications Network...

Islamabad–The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Government of Pakistan organized a webinar to mark the international day for the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The webinar was attended by the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Haider...

The Pakistan Dietary Guidelines for Better Nutrition (PDGN) e-Learning Course is now freely available in Urdu from the FAO Representation in Pakistan. The PDGN were prepared jointly by the Government of Pakistan Planning Commission Nutrition Section and the FAO In Pakistan. The PDGN provide comprehensive Pakistan-specific guidelines for adopting healthy eating...

Rome – The informal briefing to the Members on FAO’s humanitarian response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), chaired by QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), brought together the Rome-based Permanent Representatives of FAO member countries. The briefing focused on FAO’s humanitarian...

Peshawar – Farmers have started harvesting of wheat crop to ensure food availability during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Rabi crop that was sown before the onset of COVID-19 is providing much-needed relief to local farmers in North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Khyber, Orakzai, and Kurram districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province whose...