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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked the close of a global year-long campaign focused on small-scale artisanal fishers, fishfarmers and fishworkers, underlining the need to keep the momentum going. With over 260 events held in 68 countries, the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture...

On 20 and 21 March, FAO 🇵🇭 hosted a two-day workshop on Conflict Sensitivity Awareness for Social Protection Programming in Natural Hazards and Conflict Affected Areas, which was held in Davao City. Local government officials from the four municipalities of Maguindanao del Sur: Mamasapano, Shariff Aguak, Datu Salibo and Datu Saudi...

Maguindanao province in the Bangsamoro region, Philippines is one of the most conflict-affected provinces in the country. Armed fighting and clan wars, also known as ‘rido,’ have been displacing hundreds of families from 2008 to 2020. When families flee, crops and farm animals are left behind. As displacement aggravates the impoverished...

To help improve knowledge and skill of procurement staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM), an implementing partner under the New Zealand-funded “Support to Agriculture-based Livelihoods and Agribusiness Enterprises for Sustainable Peace and Development in Maguindanao and Cotabato...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a Philippine funding proposal on “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” at its 35th Board Meeting held in Songdo, Incheon in the Republic of Korea. Under USD 39.2 million, seven-year initiative, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GCF and the...