Islamabad – The Digital Agriculture Consortium (DAC) officially launched at a local hotel in Islamabad,...
To mark the launch, an inception workshop was held at FAO Representation premises in Islamabad with the collaboration of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA).This workshop was organized to bring all stakeholders on board to help identify ways to work together...
National Policy Dialogue on Salt-affected Soils
13 March 2017
13 March 2017
Economic utilization of the salt-prone soils with innovative and viable practices, assessment tools and policy interventions are the need of the hour. This was highlighted at the one day National Policy Dialogue on Salt-affected Soils held in Islamabad.
Representatives from International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute, Agriculture Extension and Research, national...
A tour of the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) premises in Islamabad was arranged for the development partners of FAO Pakistan.Representatives from USAID, ICARDA, US Embassy, JICA, Action Against Hunger and IFPRI Pakistan were taken around different facilities available at NARC to introduce them to the research being done in...
FAO Pakistan marks International Women’s Day
13 March 2017
13 March 2017
“No one can ignore the contribution of women in any situation and any environment and that is why Pakistani women need to be given the opportunities to explore their full potential”. Ms. Naima Hassan, Stress Counsellor for the UN staff in Pakistan said this while speaking at the ceremony held...
Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan: FAO launches two day consultative workshop in Multan
20 February 2017
20 February 2017
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) inaugurated a two day provincial consultative workshop on Disaster Risk reduction in Multan.
Provincial Minister of Disaster Management Mr. Maher Ijaz Achlana inaugurated the workshop which is being held between February 13-14 in Multan. Various public sector stakeholders also attended the inaugural...