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17 October 2018
Colombo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today kicked off World Food Day 2018 under the patronage of His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, in line with the global theme: ‘Our Actions are...
Colombo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today kicked off World Food Day 2018 under the patronage of His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, in line with the global theme: ‘Our Actions are...
16 October 2018
The Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sri Lanka, Nina Brandstrup and the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Sri Lanka Country Director Brenda Barton spoke to the Daily News newspaper on World Food Day. Q. Why do you think is important to mark the World...
The Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sri Lanka, Nina Brandstrup and the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Sri Lanka Country Director Brenda Barton spoke to the Daily News newspaper on World Food Day. Q. Why do you think is important to mark the World...
14 October 2018
The Business Observer spoke to three key FAO officials - FAO Representative, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Nina Brandstrup, Gender Officer, FAO Regional Office, Asia and the Pacific, Clara Park and Gender and Development Consultant, FAO Social Policies and Rural Institutions (ESP) Division, Rome, Francesca Distefano - on the launch...
The Business Observer spoke to three key FAO officials - FAO Representative, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Nina Brandstrup, Gender Officer, FAO Regional Office, Asia and the Pacific, Clara Park and Gender and Development Consultant, FAO Social Policies and Rural Institutions (ESP) Division, Rome, Francesca Distefano - on the launch...
21 September 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka – An extensive gender gap in the food and agriculture sector prevails in Sri Lanka despite women constituting a significant portion of the agricultural labour force, according to the Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sector in Sri Lanka released by the Food and Agriculture...
Colombo, Sri Lanka – An extensive gender gap in the food and agriculture sector prevails in Sri Lanka despite women constituting a significant portion of the agricultural labour force, according to the Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sector in Sri Lanka released by the Food and Agriculture...
12 August 2018
In developing countries some 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass—fuelwood, charcoal and animal dung—to meet their energy needs. These people are energy poor, in that they have an absence of choice in the energy they access or use in their daily lives. Therefore, biomass plays an enormously...
In developing countries some 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass—fuelwood, charcoal and animal dung—to meet their energy needs. These people are energy poor, in that they have an absence of choice in the energy they access or use in their daily lives. Therefore, biomass plays an enormously...
