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21 August 2017, Addis Ababa - His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho, Special Ambassador for Nutrition of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will be visiting Ethiopia from 21 to 24 August 2017 to highlight the link between nutrition and agriculture. Read here. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organizes a South-South Cooperation Fall Amyworm (FAW) Expert Technical Meeting on the theme Worldwide Experiences and Best Practices for FAW Management in Africa. The meeting will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 18th to 20th July, 2017. Fall Armyworm (FAW) has...

3 July 2017, Rome – Speaking during the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in Rome, Rwandan Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, H.E. Geraldine Mukeshimana announced that Rwanda will be hosting the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in...

Pour étudier les effets du changement climatique dans les océans : Le navire Dr Fridtjof Nansen explore les eaux sénégalaises LeQuotidien, 07 juillet 2017  Renforcer la préservation des ressources des océans pour l’alimentation durable des populations Africahotnews, 06 juillet 2017 « La production d’informations et d’avis scientifiques demeure une question fondamentale pour la mise en...

Media advisory  4-6 July 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria In West Africa, the fisheries and aquaculture sector is still facing challenges that hamper its harmonious development and do not allow the sector to contribute sustainably to food and nutrition security and chronical poverty reduction within the populations of West Africa. These difficulties include...