With extreme weather events like typhoons, droughts, and floods becoming more frequent and severe, the...
At 53, Conchita Calingayan was determined to find a way to earn more money. Being from Hungduan – one of the towns that host the famed Philippine Rice Terraces in Ifugao Province – farmers like her earn limited income because they could only produce a certain volume of rice from...
FAO supports conflict-affected farmers in Mindanao with agric inputs under New Zealand-funded initiative
31 July 2021
31 July 2021
FAO distributed a more than 1000 bags of fertilizer, comp[rise of 336 bags of urea and 672 bags of complete fertilizer, to rice, corn and cardava banana beneficiary-farmers of Pikit, Cotabato under the project "Support to Agri-based Livelihoods and Agribusiness Enterprises for Sustainable Peace and Development in Maguindanao and Cotabato."...
More countries and communities are recognizing the need to bolster efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on people around the world according to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, released by the United Nations today.
The decisions and actions...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) have launched on 8 June an initiative aimed at strengthening the Philippines’ rice value chains and help boost the productivity of smallholder...
FAO Philippines Head, Australian Ambassador talk strengthening partnership at courtesy meet
14 May 2021
14 May 2021
In a courtesy meeting on 14 May with His Excellency Steven J. Robinson AO, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, FAO Philippines' team led by head Ms Kati Tanninen talks about further strengthening ties between FAO and long-standing partner Australia in development projects in the country.
Accompanying Ms Tanninen at the courtesy meet...