Montevideo – In a significant step towards promoting sustainable agriculture, FAO signed a project agreement with the Government of Uruguay (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, and Ministry of Environment) to launch a joint project for reducing the use of harmful agrochemicals and plastic pollution....

From May 13 to 17, 2024, Rwanda hosted an inspiring Learning Journey on Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Farming with support from FAO under the EU-funded ACP MEAs 3 programmme. Find out more here.

The Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) programme was officially launched in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2024. It consists of six projects in Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, the Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam. The five-year initiative aims to catalyze investments to minimize the use of harmful...

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) cause severe and irreversible harm to the environment and human health. They result in millions of involuntary poisoning cases each year, especially in low- and middle-income countries, with women and children working in agricultural environments the worst affected.To help...

From May 6th to 10th, 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a workshop on its pesticide registration toolkit in the picturesque town of Yusufhona, Uzbekistan. This event brought together government officials from three distinct departments to enhance their understanding...