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Joint media advisory from The Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand, the Department of Intellectual Property, Thai Commerce Ministry, and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United NationsDate: Thursday, 11 June 2009Time: 09:00 Opening ceremony09:40 Press conferenceVenue: Imperial China, 3rd Floor, The Imperial Queen’s Park HotelWorld-wide, affluent consumers are familiar with foods produced far away – such as French Champagne, German Black Forest ham, Hungarian paprika and...

Italy, FAO, Myanmar sign $5.2 million programme to boost long-term food securityRome - A three-year Italian-funded FAO programme to improve the long-term food security of 32 000 poor fishing and farming families in Myanmar has been agreed, FAO said today. The programme will assist Myanmar to develop sustainable small-scale fisheries and aquaculture livelihoods in coastal mangrove ecosystems and improve rice production. Many of the beneficiaries are victims of last year’s...

Vientiane – Today the Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) and FAO are officially closing the avian influenza project Building Capacity at the Grass-roots Level to Control Avian Influenza. Funded by the Government of Germany, the project formed part of the FAO AI programme in Laos and assisted DLF in the prevention and control of Avian Influenza from April 2006 to May 2009. The project implemented activities in high risk-areas...

Bangkok, 27 and 28 May 2009Bangkok − Taken together, the 10 country ASEAN group has been a net exporter of several food commodities, including rice, and has sufficient amounts of food for its people. However, the sharp increase in food prices as well as recent devastating natural disasters, have raised serious concerns to the ASEAN member states and calls for urgent actions to revisit food security issues and cooperation, including...

Alofi – In the face of a serious economic and financial crisis that is compromizig the world’s food insecurity, Jacques Diouf, director-general of FAO, today appealed on the Pacific Island Forum countries to improve food security and income earning opportunities.Dr Diouf was speaking at the opening session of the 8th Meeting of the FAO South West Pacific Minister of Agriculture, hosted by Niue from 20 to 22 May in Alofi.Pacific...

$370 000 FAO support to fisheries departmentBangkok (Food and Agriculture Organization) ©¤ The UN¡¯s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Thai ministry of agriculture and cooperatives today signed a project agreement dealing with certification for small-scale aquaculture. Under an agreement signed with the Royal Thai Department of Fisheries today, the world food agency will offer its expertise to ensure the future competitiveness of small-scale aquaculture farmers in Thailand for...

600 million hungry people in Asia-PacificBangkok – In the face of a serious economic and financial crisis that is compounding the world's food insecurity, Jacques Diouf, director-general of FAO, today appealed on agricultural ministers of over 30 Asia-Pacific countries to "help unlock untapped agricultural production potential, and rapidly boost production in the most affected countries.""The precarious food situation tells us that reviving agricultural production in the developing world is the...

Programmes and technical cooperation in agriculture – focus on south-south cooperationBangkok – The Republic of Indonesia will provide experts and technicians as well as inputs, tools and equipment to improve productivity of small-scale farmers in developing countries, in cooperation with FAO. A Letter of Intent to this effect was signed today in Bangkok by the Indonesian minister of agriculture Anton Apriyantono and FAO director-general Jacques Diouf.Under the agreement, Indonesia will...

Calls for a new world agricultural orderBangkok – From tomorrow to 31 March, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf will visit Bangkok, meet with Thailand's leaders, and attend the 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific. FAO insists that "a new system of governance of world food security must be established" following the failure of the current system.As guest of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Dr...

Bangkok – Volatile food prices and market uncertainties are on the menu of an FAO conference which will be attended by agriculture ministers and senior officials from forty-three Asia-Pacific countries in Bangkok next week.On Monday 30 March, the Thai Prime Minister will open the ministerial segment of the 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific. The FAO Director-General will deliver a statement on the state...