Regional Office

 

 for Africa (RAF)

 

 

News stories

RAF Management Meeting

Regional Office for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is organizing a four-day Regional Management Meeting at La Palm Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana from...

13 February 2009
Planned treaty will close ports to fish pirates

3 February 2009 - Representatives of over 80 countries have made significant progress in negotiating a binding international agreement aimed at closing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and...

03 February 2009
Agriculture in Gaza severely damaged

30 January 2008, Rome - Almost all of Gaza's 13 000 families who depend on farming, herding and fishing have suffered damage to their assets during the recent conflict and...

02 February 2009
Irrigation is key to Africa

15 December 2008, Sirte, Libya - Water management is "a key element" in food security, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf told a ministerial conference on Water for Agriculture and Energy in...

17 December 2008