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22 October 2015
In an interview with Sunday Island, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO of United Nation’s) Representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Beth S. Crawford, elucidates on the importance of this year’s World Food Day- ‘Social Protection and Agriculture’ and the paradigm shift we should take as a country to realize it. Q:...
In an interview with Sunday Island, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO of United Nation’s) Representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Beth S. Crawford, elucidates on the importance of this year’s World Food Day- ‘Social Protection and Agriculture’ and the paradigm shift we should take as a country to realize it. Q:...
23 September 2015
An awareness session was held for writers by the Sri Lanka UN-REDD Programme on Thursday 10th September at the IUCN office in Colombo 7. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is providing support to the Sri Lanka UN-REDD Programme in the area of communication. Head of IUCN Dr...
An awareness session was held for writers by the Sri Lanka UN-REDD Programme on Thursday 10th September at the IUCN office in Colombo 7. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is providing support to the Sri Lanka UN-REDD Programme in the area of communication. Head of IUCN Dr...
16 September 2015
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The objectives of World Food Day are to: encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end; encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing...
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The objectives of World Food Day are to: encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end; encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing...
10 September 2015
Quinoa is a grain crop which has gained worldwide attention because of its ability to grow in various abiotic stress conditions such as soil salinity, acidity, drought, frost, etc. Its grain is a rich source of a wide range of minerals, vitamins, oil and high quality protein containing ample amounts...
Quinoa is a grain crop which has gained worldwide attention because of its ability to grow in various abiotic stress conditions such as soil salinity, acidity, drought, frost, etc. Its grain is a rich source of a wide range of minerals, vitamins, oil and high quality protein containing ample amounts...
21 July 2015
Scaling up Nutrition through a Multi-Sector Approach is a project by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations jointly with the National Nutrition Secretariat (NNS). This project aims at implementing prioritized activities of the national nutrition action plan using grants provided...
Scaling up Nutrition through a Multi-Sector Approach is a project by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations jointly with the National Nutrition Secretariat (NNS). This project aims at implementing prioritized activities of the national nutrition action plan using grants provided...
