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600 high-level government representatives to attend; FAO program of work and budget for 2018-19 up for approval FAO's 194 Members will meet from 3 to 8 July for the 40th session of the biennial FAO Conference, the Organization’s highest governing body. Over 600 high-level government representatives are expected to attend, including Italian...

The event will take place from the 3 to 7 of July in Cotonou.   The FAO African Roots and Tubers project supports the commercialization of root and tuber crops by linking small actors to domestic and regional buyers in Côte d’ Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin, Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi, with the...

Atelier sur la durabilité de la chasse villageoise et de l'approvisionnement en viandes sauvages en Afrique Centrale, 21-22 juin 2017, Libreville/lancement du livre, Communautés locales et utilisation durable de la faune en Afrique centrale Éditeurs: Nathalie van Vliet, Jean-Claude Nguinguiri, Daniel Cornelis y Sébastien Le Bel Communication products : Press release, local/international media, article...

  12 June, 2017 Globally over 1.5 billion people live in countries that are affected by conflict, violence and fragility. At the same time, around 200 million people are affected by disasters every year. A third of them are children. A significant proportion of the 168 million children engaged in child labour...

The Gambian Government in close partnership with three UN agencies committed to ending hunger and malnutrition are set to launch a project aimed at improving food security and reducing stunting among children in North Bank, Lower, Central and Upper River Regions. The US$11.4m project is funded by the European Union...