Noticias

Bangkok, Thailand, FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), today re-affirmed their close collaboration on technical cooperation work in the region during an annual review of the programme.

La FAO y la española Telefónica, una de las mayores empresas de telecomunicaciones del mundo, han acordado utilizar las tecnologías digitales a favor del desarrollo de la agricultura, la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición y, en concreto, para preparar y fortalecer a los agricultores de los países en desarrollo frente a los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos relacionados con el cambio climático.    Un acuerdo firmado el 12 de febrero 2018 por el Director...

Ouagadougou - During his visit to Burkina Faso from 18-20 February, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva had a look at the new specialised plough for mechanised land preparation, purchased by FAO under its project Action Against Desertification. "The rehabilitation of degraded land is a priority for Burkina,” said the Director General, who expressed his appreciation of the purchase. “We need to see how FAO can start similar programmes at bigger scale to accompany the efforts of the government of Burkina Faso.”   The new equipment, composed of a tractor and a Delfino plough, will allow to further upscale land restoration in...