On his second voyage to the “New World,” the explorer Christopher Columbus sent a ship back to Spain carrying a letter addressed to the King and Queen, dated January 30 1494. He was asking for
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FAO releases first status report on urban gardening
Africa's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its cities are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for food that comes with that growth. A new FAO
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FAO publication says targeted policies and capacity building crucial
A new FAO publication says carefully tailored policy and institutional changes can help to unlock the livestock sector’s poverty reduction potential. Although an estimated 750 million poor have a major stake in the livestock sector,
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In Mali, FAO uses an effective inter-project collaboration system
September 2012 - In response to the uneven results of development assistance to date, FAO is henceforth to encourage a series of good practices, including the use of "integrated projects", whose implementation is based on
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29 rural enterprises supply demand for bean seed to ensure availability to 296,000 families
Since 2010, twenty-nine small rural enterprises in the business of producing high quality seed have been producing enough bean seed to plant 78,000 hectares, which will make bean grain available to 296,000 families in Costa
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The 3ADI was launched on March 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria, by the African Union Council as the African Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development Initiative. The Abuja Declaration (click here to download) mandates FAO, through the Rural
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