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04 September 2020
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu – Addressing the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC), Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage underscored the importance of promoting sustainable agriculture through innovation including digital agriculture solutions. He reiterated that the access to and dissemination of latest technologies and innovations is imperative...
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu – Addressing the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC), Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage underscored the importance of promoting sustainable agriculture through innovation including digital agriculture solutions. He reiterated that the access to and dissemination of latest technologies and innovations is imperative...
02 September 2020
Although biosafety is just one aspect to consider when it comes to safeguarding biodiversity in Sri Lanka, the country is doing its best to ensure biosafety with the technical support from FAO through the National Biosafety Project. This way, the valuable biodiversity of Sri Lanka will not be threatened even...
Although biosafety is just one aspect to consider when it comes to safeguarding biodiversity in Sri Lanka, the country is doing its best to ensure biosafety with the technical support from FAO through the National Biosafety Project. This way, the valuable biodiversity of Sri Lanka will not be threatened even...
01 September 2020
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu - As COVID-19 continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today. The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half...
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu - As COVID-19 continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today. The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half...
24 August 2020
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu: The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a great impact on agriculture and food systems in Asia and the Pacific, a region already beset by climate and weather related challenges, such as droughts and flooding. Supply chains have been disrupted, demand has dropped for certain foods, resulting in...
Colombo/Bangkok/Thimphu: The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a great impact on agriculture and food systems in Asia and the Pacific, a region already beset by climate and weather related challenges, such as droughts and flooding. Supply chains have been disrupted, demand has dropped for certain foods, resulting in...
21 August 2020
It is found that when some food is laid before them, people eat three times. First with their eyes, eagerly searching for colour and variation on the plate, secondly with the nose searching for familiar smells and also the wonderful aromas that come from the addition of spices and herbs...
It is found that when some food is laid before them, people eat three times. First with their eyes, eagerly searching for colour and variation on the plate, secondly with the nose searching for familiar smells and also the wonderful aromas that come from the addition of spices and herbs...
