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Cambodia Launches Zero Hunger Challenge Initiative
12.05.2015 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
In collaboration with the United Nations, the Royal Government of Cambodia has launched the National Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC), a major initiative to eradicate hunger in the country by 2025.
The official launch, led by H.E Dr. Yim Chhay Ly, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), symbolizes the Government’s commitment to achieving Zero Hunger by 2025. Supporting the initiative are Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO...
ASEAN member countries prepare for coordinated implementation and computerized monitoring of their food security systems
11.05.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
The move toward a computerized implementation and monitoring system to accurately track food security in the ASEAN region will help countries offset the shocks caused by price and supply-demand fluctuations, an FAO-convened workshop heard today.
The workshop, co-organized by FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the ASEAN Secretariat, aims to train country focal points and members of a Coordinating Monitoring Team the key elements of a computer-based system...
Save Food Marathon: Thousands run to raise awareness on food loss and food waste
10.05.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
More than 4,000 dedicated runners have braved the summer heat in Bangkok to promote greater awareness of food loss and food waste in the “Run for Save Food” event organized by the National Jogging Association of Thailand and supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The event aimed to raise awareness about the enormous amounts of food that are lost or wasted each year and actions that all of...
Asia-Pacific’s World Agricultural Heritage sites offer future food security solutions
05.05.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
While innovation in agriculture will help feed the growing population of a hungry planet, adapting and extending the proven methods and practices of indigenous agricultural systems will also play an important role in future food security, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.
“For centuries, farmers, fishers and pastoralists across Asia and the Pacific have, by necessity of their own survival, developed and/or...
Nepal Earthquake’s impact on food security and agriculture likely very high
FAO calls for $8 million to help farmers
01.05.2015 Rome
Some $8 million is urgently needed to help disaster-struck Nepalese farmers rapidly recover lost agricultural inputs and resume preparations for the imminent rice sowing season, FAO said today.
The impact of the recent major earthquake on food security and agricultural livelihoods expected to be very high.
Farmers who miss the planting season that is expected to start late May onwards will be unable to harvest rice – the country’s staple food --...
Vanuatu: Rebuilding lives and livelihoods after Cyclone Pam
28.04.2015 Vanuatu
On 13 March, Tropical Cyclone Pam caused severe damage to agriculture in Vanuatu’s six provinces posing immediate and long-term threats to food security. The government of Vanuatu through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity requested FAO assistance in responding to agriculture.
In response, FAO has begun providing assistance to over 10,000 cyclone-affected farming households in Vanuatu and has secured 600 kg of vegetable seeds from international suppliers. The...
Southwest Pacific Ministers of Agriculture meet in Papua New Guinea
28.04.2015 Papua New Guinea
The Government of Papua New Guinea and FAO will host the Eleventh Meeting of Southwest Pacific Ministers of Agriculture at Port Moresby, PNG. Progress on the development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries within the FAO Pacific member states will be discussed and recommendations will be presented Ministers and representatives in attendance. The decisions by the Ministers will then help guide activities in these sectors by FAO, the member countries, and...
International Day of Forests commemorated in the Pacific
28.04.2015 Samoa
Celebrating the International Day of Forests (IDF) is gaining momentum in the Pacific. The theme this year, Forests and Climate Change was chosen to highlight the ways in which forests and climate change are linked, and to rally global support for greater action and change.
Some countries used variations of the global theme. Fiji commemorated IDF under its national theme, Healthy Forests, Resilient Communities. IDF was preceded by a weeklong awareness...
Soils 4 Life: Photo Competition on Instagram
28.04.2015
FAO has launched a photo contest #soils4life on Instagram as part of the commemoration of the International Year of Soils 2015. The contest invites followers to share photos related to soils, their potential, their functions, but also instances of exploitation or abuse to help draw attention to the numerous issues concerning this valuable resource.
The contest will run from 1 April until 17 May 2015. All photos posted during this time with...
Asian countries help safeguard food security with new regional network to preserve, inform and utilize plant genetic resources
25.04.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
Representatives andscientists from 15 countries in Asia have agreed the establishment of a regional network to exchange information on conservation, preservation and utilization of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR), the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced.
The plan to establish the network was revealed during the final meeting of a three-year project on Enhancing Understanding and Implementation of the International Treaty of Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) that entered into force in 2004. The project was implemented by FAO and was funded by the...