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Investment in food security and rural development crucial for changing migration trends
18 October 2017
18 October 2017
Islamabad: World Food Day 2017 was marked at the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC).
The theme for World Food Day this year was “Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.”
Various organizations including Ministry of National Food Security Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Food and Agriculture...
FAO stresses the need for a National Biotechnologies Policy and provincial strategies
12 October 2017
12 October 2017
There is an array of agricultural biotechnologies available today that contribute to ensuring food and nutrition security in agri based economies around the world. However, there is a wide range of issues concerning agricultural biotechnologies including investments, dissemination, adoption and use of biotechnologies , regulation, policies, intellectual property rights ,...
FAO supports the UN system to empower youth
09 October 2017
09 October 2017
October 5, Quetta: Students of the University of Balochistan in Quetta will now have access to information on UN priority areas related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This information will be available to them through the UN Book Corner which was inaugurated in the University of Balochistan in Quetta today.
Mr Marcel...
Cash Transfer Programming Training
29 September 2017
29 September 2017
Four days training on Cash Transfer Programming was held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representation in Islamabad.The training provided participants with knowledge and expertise to design and implement programmes using cash transfers and vouchers. Mr.Juvanon du Vachat Etienne, Resilience Expert TC at FAO headquarters...
A remembrance ceremony was held on September 22, 2017 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representation premises in Islamabad to remember and honor the life and work of Mr Francisico Gamarro, Deputy FAO Representative Pakistan who had passed away peacefully on September 16, 2017 at...