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Forty-Six FAO Member Nations in Asia and the Pacific to chart a course for securing food systems and mitigating the effects of COVID-19 and climate change on agricultural sectors

Bangkok, Thailand. The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a...

Background Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a vector-borne viral disease that affects domestic cattle and buffaloes and is characterized by the appearance of skin nodules. The disease can result in substantial economic losses in affected countries given the heavy impact...

The first edition of the State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) was published in 2011 (http://www.fao.org/nr/solaw/solaw-home/en/).

The SOLAW was FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources aimed...

The Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform is being implemented as a supporting tool for the Hand-in-Hand Initiative.

Hand-in-Hand (HiH) is an evidence-based, country-led and country-owned initiative to accelerate SDG1 and SDG2, using the most sophisticated tools available, including advanced geo-spatial modeling...

The OECD and FAO will present their annual joint assessment of medium-term market projections for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish during an online press event on Thursday 16 July 2020, starting at 11:00 CEST.
                 
The OECD-FAO Agricultural...