FAO in Sri Lanka

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10 September 2022
All Sri Lankan paddy farmers to receive TSP fertilizer COLOMBO: The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an additional USD 40 million to strengthen agriculture in Sri Lanka through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The new funding, subject to Congressional approval, will...
07 June 2022
Sri Lanka, West African coastal countries (Benin, Cabo Verde and Guinea), Ukraine and Zimbabwe have been added to the list of hotspots countries, joining Angola, Lebanon, Madagascar, and Mozambique which continue to be hunger hotspots – according to the report.
31 May 2022
Colombo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with financial assistance from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is providing technical support to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Sri Lanka. This FAO-Norad global collaboration will work with the Ministry of Fisheries on three...
08 April 2022
War drives large increases in international prices for wheat, maize and vegetable oils World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
23 March 2022
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka, through its Ministry of Environment and in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is implementing a project, “Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”, which is funded by the Global Environment...