Every day more than 800 transfers of seeds on average are made worldwide for research, training and breeding purposes within the global gene pool of FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
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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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