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Growing food without soil or natural light is not something many Rwandans had seen or heard about. Agriculture – growing crop in soil and relying on natural rain and sun is embedded in the culture of the people of Rwanda.Currently, about 67 percent of Rwandans – of 12 million population–are employed in agriculture, with arable land covering over 1.56 million hectares at national level.According to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), Rwanda’s population will grow to 16.9 million by 2032. The rise is expected to increase the demand for food yet the arable land...

23 April 2020 - What exactly is the Bioeconomy and what is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) doing to promote its sustainable and circular implementation? Bioeconomy is generally understood as “the production, utilization and conservation of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology and innovation, to provide information, products, processes and services across all economic sectors aiming towards a sustainable economy”. Bioeconomy, if done sustainably, can comprehensively address interconnected societal challenges such as food security, fossil-resource dependence, natural resource scarcity and climate change, while achieving sustainable economic development, and supporting the achievement of many Sustainable Development Goals...

روما - رحب المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) شو دونيو بمنحة من مؤسسة ماستركارد بقيمة 10 ملايين دولار أمريكي لتكثيف مكافحة الجراد الصحراوي في شرق أفريقيا وسط مخاوف من زيادة وشيكة في تفشي هذا الجراد. ولا يزال تفشي الجراد الصحراوي يثير القلق، خاصة في إثيوبيا...

Since 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined forces with the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) to implement the ‘Mesoamerica hunger free’ South-South cooperation programme. Thanks to the Mesoamerica hunger free programme, FAO has provided technical assistance to lawmakers, the Ministries of Agriculture, Social Welfare and Education in nine countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic, in preparing legal instruments and developing and implementing public policies and programmes, focused on achieving food security and nutrition and reducing rural poverty. A specialized, demand-driven component of the programme...

Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda), is an insect pest affecting more than 80 plant species, causing damage to economically important cultivated cereals such as maize, rice, sorghum, as well as vegetable crops and cotton. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. It is the larval stage of the insect that causes the damage. FAW reproduces at a rate of several generations per year, and the moth can fly up to 100 km per night. Over the past three years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), has led 63 Fall Armyworm-related projects, mostly...

7 April 2020, Rome/Nanjing - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) have signed a partnership agreement which foresees joint efforts to support smallholder farmers through technological innovation. 

نانجينغ - وقعت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) وأكاديمية جيانغسو للعلوم الزراعية اتفاقية شراكة لتنظيم جهودهما المشتركة لدعم صغار المزارعين من خلال الابتكار التكنولوجي.  وسيركز التعاون على تطوير نظم غذائية مستدامة وفعالة وقادرة على الصمود في المناطق الحضرية والريفية، وتوفير المعارف والتكنولوجيات للبلدان النامية من خلال برنامج 

Brussels - Mr Paolo De Castro is a Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament’s Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development and Member of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition. The European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition brings together 28 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different nationalities, political groups and parliamentary committees. Membership is open to all Members dedicated to achieving a world without hunger.

Santiago de Chile - The Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean today released an open letter calling not to neglect the fight against hunger and malnutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the text, the more than 500 parliamentarians who are part of this legislative network, which receives support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), stated that in Latin American and Caribbean countries "not everybody has the means to feed adequately in a quarantined state, "and called on countries to ensure that food production, processing and supply chains are kept alive". The full letter...

Libreville – Les travaux de la 13ème Réunion de l'Equipe Multidisciplinaire du Bureau Sous-régional pour l'Afrique Centrale se sont achevés sur une note positive au terme de deux jours de concertation sur la thématique « Renforcer la résilience et la transformation des systèmes alimentaires face à la pandémie de COVID-19 et ses impacts sur la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle ».Cette rencontre sous-régionale entre la FAO et ses partenaires qui s’est tenue par visioconférence, a mobilisé plus de 150 participants, parmi lesquels six membres de Gouvernement et des Secrétaires Généraux des pays de la sous-région, des Représentants des Institutions...