With extreme weather events like typhoons, droughts, and floods becoming more frequent and severe, the...
FAO, Philippine partners conclude pilot initiative on developing national Food Safety Indicators
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
Upon the request of the Philippine Government, FAO, through its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), supported a pilot project titled “Development of National Food Safety Indicators with a One Health Approach”, with the Philippine College of Veterinary Public Health (PCVPH) as the service provider and in partnership...
Developing agriculture and agribusiness enterprises in Mindanao
26 February 2020
26 February 2020
FAO Philippines, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM), the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Korea International Development Agency (KOICA), held the inception meeting of the “Support to Agriculture and Agribusiness Enterprises in Mindanao for Sustainable...
FAO consults with Philippine partners, CSOs on food security, related issues to inform regional agenda
17 January 2020
17 January 2020
FAO, for the first-time ever, held country-level consultations with its national partners and stakeholders prior to its Regional Conferences (RCs) with the goal of further strengthening their engagement and alignment with the agency’s regional priorities.
The RCs are an important component of FAO’s governing policy. At the RCs, FAO’s overall...
FAO completes initiatives that enhance the resilience of vulnerable Philippine farming and fishing communities
27 December 2019
27 December 2019
FAO Philippines has accomplished strategic initiatives that contribute to the efficiency and resilience of government units and communities to natural disasters by enhancing production and risk management in agriculture and improving disaster preparedness.
Leveraging ICT to support decision-making in agriculture and fisheriesIn December, FAO Philippines completed the project, “Development of an...
Asia-Pacific needs to lift three million of its undernourished people out of hunger every month until the end of 2030 to achieve Zero Hunger
12 December 2019
12 December 2019
A new report released by four UN agencies says that three million undernourished people in Asia and the Pacific must be lifted out of hunger each month from now on, if the region is to meet the SDG 2 Zero Hunger goal by the end of 2030.
With nearly half-a-billion of...