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Indonesia moves another step closer to ending costly livestock diseases with support from FAO and Australia
In response to the recent outbreaks in Indonesia of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) among livestock, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Australian Government are collaborating to support the Indonesian government in containing and controlling the spread of these high-impact cattle diseases.    Thanks to an Australian Government contribution of AUD 1 200 000 (USD 792 000), FAO is working...
Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
$5 million from FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme will assist in building more resilient agrifood systems
19.04.2023 Geneva/Rome
Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new $5 million project supported by the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme  to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) strengthen their capacities and tackle common development challenges. The project, announced at the Fourth SIDS Solutions Dialogue held in Geneva today, covers an initial period of three years, from 2022 to 2025 and will focus on areas such...
FAO pledges to provide support for the implementation of the Pacific Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Fisheries Statistics (P-SPAFS)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have pledged to collaborate on a ten-year plan, the Pacific Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Fisheries Statistics (P-SPAFS) which aims at strengthening the collection and dissemination of statistics related to food security, agriculture, fisheries, and natural resources to support policy formulation and sector decision making. The P-SPAFS framework was created in recognition of the need...
FAO welcomes $34.4 million contribution from Japan to boost food security and strengthen resilience in emergency contexts
This includes $10 million to safeguard rural livelihoods and provide emergency seed support to smallholder farmers in Ukraine
06.04.2023 Rome
FAO welcomes $34.4 million contribution from Japan to boost food security and strengthen resilience in emergency contexts
FAO has welcomed a $34.4 million contribution from the Government of Japan to deliver a wide range of assistance to improve the food security and nutrition of people in emergency settings, including internally displaced people, refugees and others affected by insecurity and natural hazards. The contribution will fund 17 country and regional projects; including four in the Near East and North Africa (Lebanon, Palestine, Türkiye and Yemen); six in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia,...
FAO delivers 36 000 tonnes of USAID-funded TSP fertilizer to Sri Lanka in time for upcoming cultivation season
With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sri Lanka has delivered 36 000 tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer to the Ministry of Agriculture for immediate distribution to all paddy farmers across the country. This is the first shipment of TSP fertilizer to arrive in Sri Lanka since 2021. It will provide essential nutrients to...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opens new Representation Office in Phnom Penh to take collaboration with Cambodia to an even higher level
In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has opened a new Representation Office in the Cambodian capital to build on its long history of cooperation, FAO announced today. Cambodia joined FAO as a Member Nation in 1950. FAO opened its first full Representation Office in Phnom Penh in 1994. However, the Organization had been actively working in...
Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin: FAO mobilizes to safeguard food security and rural livelihoods in Vanuatu
Team on the ground immediately swung into action to assist rural communities with the current vegetable planting season
15.03.2023 Rome/Port Vila
Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin: FAO mobilizes to safeguard food security and rural livelihoods in Vanuatu
The Category 4 Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin that made landfall over Vanuatu earlier this month have left a trail of destruction in their wake, affecting some 80 percent of the population and causing widespread damage, flooding and power outages. With about three-quarters of the population relying on agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is warning about the potential impacts these back-to-back tropical cyclones will...
Green Climate Fund approves an adaptation project to improve climate resilience of Cambodian smallholder farmers in the Northern Tonle Sap Basin
At its 35th Board meeting, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a USD 43 million project in Cambodia to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change. The “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihoods in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)” project was formulated under the leadership of...
Green Climate Fund approves USD 39.2 million project with FAO and Philippine government to boost climate resilience and improve livelihoods
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a Philippine funding proposal on “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” at its 35th Board Meeting held in Songdo, Incheon in the Republic of Korea. Under USD 39.2 million, seven-year initiative, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GCF and the Government of the Philippines will work together to boost the resilience of climate-vulnerable rural smallholder farmers. The project will play...
Pacific countries call for enhanced agrifood systems planning and coordination as Pacific Ministers Meeting and Week of Agriculture and Forestry conclude
The 3rd Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting concluded, marking the end of the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) 2023, a five-day event held in Nadi, Fiji that brought together governments, NGOs, community-based organizations and the private sector to help chart a future for agriculture and forestry in the region. The meeting, held in person for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic, was hosted by the...