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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...

Bangkok - Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to five Asian farmers from Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand.Imam AliA model poultry farmer from the Republic of the Fiji IslandsFifteen years ago, Imam Ali was faced with a crisis. At the time, he was a 40-year-old carpenter working for a construction company in the capital city of Suva on the island nation of Fiji. But,...

Bangkok − Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to five Asian farmers from Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand.Deleg Tsendsuren A model community forester from MongoliaFew people have done more to turn Mongolia green, and give people jobs in the process, than Tsendsuren Deleg. Mongolia is known for its broad expanse of steppes, where herdsmen roam in a struggle for survival. Fifty seven years ago,...

Bangkok − Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented FAO awards to five Asian farmers from Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand.Thamnond Sae LiA model farmer in organic fertilizers from the Kingdom of ThailandThailand is a nation of farmers, but life is not easy for farmers in Thailand. Thamnon Sae Li, a farmer from Chonburi province on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, knows something about that.When he finished his military...

Bangkok – The government of Japan today allocated $4.6 million (Baht 150 million) through the UN Trust Fund for Human Security for a pioneering initiative over the next three years to improve the quality of life and reduce poverty among vulnerable groups in Mae Hong Son province.Poverty incidence among marginal farmers, ethnic minorities and migrants is high in Mae Hong Son, particularly for people who have little if any access...

Manilla - Carbon markets offer promising new opportunities for simultaneously addressing climate change and chronic forest management challenges in developing countries, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.Carbon trading schemes are increasingly seen as effective mechanisms to motivate local actions for addressing the global challenges of climate change. With recent recognition of the importance of trees and forests in climate change mitigation efforts, carbon markets are refocusing to reward...