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The Philippines has been a Party to the PSMA since 2018, and has been receiving assistance from FAO since 2019 to implement the PSMA, complementary instruments and tools. Restrictions imposed by the global pandemic have significantly impeded progress in the last two years. The Work Plan of Assistance, supported by funding...

On December 16, Super Typhoon Rai ("Odette") barreled through Caraga and Eastern Visayas with maximum sustained winds of 195 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 270 kph. After hitting Surigao, it made two landfalls in Southern Leyte before devastating Central Visayas. The coconut industry in Eastern Visayas (Region...

With the increasing attention to change the way how disasters are managed, FAO is at the forefront of demonstrating how to act before (ex-ante) a disaster targeting smallholder farmers and fisherfolk to protect, cope and adapt to multiple shocks. One of the key strategies is to implement a humanitarian approach...

The state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific has worsened, as more than 375 million people in the region faced hunger in 2020, an increase of 54 million over the previous year, according to a joint report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Through an initiative supported by The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), FAO is helping the Province of Zamboanga del Norte to improve its capacity to develop and implement climate change adaptation plans and actions that promote socio-economic development, with specific attention to poverty reduction and food security in the...