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In the Philippines, over 6 million hectares of formerly forested areas have been transformed into low productivity Imperata grasslands as a result of massive deforestation and frequent fires. In search of solutions that would reduce the costs of conventional reforestation, and help restore the multiple benefits that forests provide, the Government of the Philippines adopted Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) in 1989 as a low-cost forest restoration strategy. However, field implementation...

FAO publishes policy brief for CopenhagenRome - Climate change is projected to impact heavily on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Pacific islands, leading to increased food insecurity and malnutrition, FAO warned today ahead of the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen. The agency urged governments and donors to immediately start implementing robust and action-oriented climate change adaptation plans for all Pacific islands. Climate change is expected to act...

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, HE MS. PANY YATHORTU, HEADS LAO DELEGATIONFAO LAUNCHES “HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST HUNGER” TO SHOW SOLIDARITY FOR THE HUNGRYVientiane - The World Summit on Food Security starts on Monday 16 November in Rome. FAO has convened the Summit in a bid to organize political will behind increased investment in agriculture and a reinvigorated international effort to combat hunger.On the eve of next week’s Summit,...

Never in the history of mankind have so many people been so hungry. Despite rapid development, modern technology and burgeoning international trade, today an estimated 1.02 billion people around the world are wanting for food. Here in Asia and the Pacific, 640 million people are malnourished. From 16 to 18 November, representatives of some 190 countries will gather in Rome for the World Summit on Food Security. Addressing this serious...

European Union and FAO boost small farmers’ food productionIslamabad /Rome - Just in time for the upcoming planting season, the European Union (EU) put in motion a major effort to turn the tide of rising hunger in Pakistan. Partnering with FAO, quality seed and fertilizer were distributed to almost 100 000 farmers hit hard by last year's food price hikes.Soaring food prices pushed a further ten million Pakistanis into the...

Nan provincial authorities, in cooperation with the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the FAO regional office in Bangkok, are co-hosting the 2009 Thailand World Food Day celebration at the Technology Rajamongkol Lanna University on 3 and 4 November.The celebration aims to create awareness among the Thai people about the importance of building food security in times of crisis.The celebration brings together government officials, financial institutions and the private...

Khulna - FAO has joined the government in a coordinated rehabilitation campaign for cyclone Aila affected areas in south-western districts. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and FAO Representative Ad Spijkers distributed agricultural inputs to the poorest of the victims of the cyclone in two southern upazilas on 24th October.Shyamnagar of Satkhira and Koira of Khulna, where the distribution took place, are the most remote and among the worst hit by cyclone...

Bangkok - Magsaysay Award winner calls for rights-based approach to hunger during World Food Day ceremony at FAO regional headquarters in Bangkok.Governments should refocus on agriculture as a remedy for the jobless recoveries and the “crisis of hunger” plaguing many countries in the wake of the global recession, one of the worlds’ foremost hunger fighters said during a ceremony on Friday to mark World Food Day at the Food and...

Bangkok − Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to five Asian farmers from Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand.JazimahA model farmer in rice intercropping from the Republic of IndonesiaThe province of Yogyakarta is known as the great center of arts and learning in Indonesia – a place of universities where the latest developments are studied, but tradition is still prized and guarded. Born in 1964...

Bangkok - Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to five Asian farmers from Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand.Jayanti PradhanA model farmer and agro-processor from IndiaIf you mention the words “India” and “farmer”, for many people the words “poor and uneducated” will also come to mind. Those people have never met Ms. Jayanti Pradhan. Education has always been highly valued in Ms. Jayanti’s family. Her...