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Samoa Celebrates World Food and Animal Day 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) joined forces today to commemorate FAO World Food and Animal Day 2023 and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' Open Day. It is the first time in the country that these two events have been honored simultaneously, with the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the forefront of promoting local food production and food security in...
SIDS Solutions Forum coming soon
10.08.2021 Apia, Samoa
SIDS Solutions Forum coming soon
Planning for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum, scheduled for 30 – 31 August 2021, is underway. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has invited world leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, African, Indian Ocean and Caribbean, as well high-level participants from donor and SIDS friendly countries and heads of global organizations; many of whom will headline the forum.  Hundreds of public...
Soil biodiversity, an important topic for the Pacific Islands
Fighting loss of soil biodiversity is key to global food security and the achievement of more than half of the Sustainable Development Goals.The critical role soil biodiversity has globally, and particularly  here in the Pacific cannot be emphasised enough. A healthy soil is uniquely capable of providing essential terrestrial ecosystem services includng carbon sequestration and water quality.   FAO,  the Scretariat of the Pacfic Community (SPC) and the Secretariat of the...
Reviving Food Based Dietary Guidelines for the Marshall Islands
Revision of food based dietary guidelines that are specific to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is being undertaken by the RMI Government and FAO after laying dormant for over two decades. Two staff from the RMI Ministry of Health and Human Services (RMI MOHHS) documented a brief at a nutrition conference held in Fiji in 2018 that rekindled the interest of FAO in the original 1995 single-page RMI Nutrition...
FAO improves the food security of South Pentecost communities in Vanuatu
The community of Bunlap, which a Kustomary Area in South Pentecost, Vanuatu is building its capacity and diversity in agroforestry production thanks to the Integrated Sustainable land and Coastal Management (ISLCM)/FAO project. In the second phase of the Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold Livelihood Recovery Program for South Pentecost, the project team carried out a supervision mission to Ranwas, which is located in the Bunlap Zone. A total of 516 people have benefited...
Samoa scientific research boosts COVID-19 and zoonotic disease detection
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague economies and societies across the globe, the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) maintains its commitment to strengthening and enhancing its contributions to Samoa’s nation-wide response. SROS’s COVID-19 diagnostic testing and research work have received critical reinforcement through the generous assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with support from major donors of IAEA Member States and the Government of Samoa. Provided in response...
Enhanced efforts to bolster and sustain rice productivity
Up to 80 farmers will directly benefit from using combine rice harvesters handed over at a ceremony held at Madhuvani Rakiraki last week. Funded by the European Union (EU), the three combine rice harvesters will be used by the Madhuvani Rice Cluster, Barotu Rice Cluster and Manisogosogo and Vunivikalowa Rice farmers’ cluster. The three combined rice harvesters will be used by these clusters to help ease the burden of manual rice...
Kiribati strengthens agriculture in the face of COVID-19
Enhancing food security, nutrition and resilience has never been more important in the small island nation of Kiribati than now – in the face of Covid 19 and its associated health and economic impacts.  With funding from UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN have been working across the agriculture and fisheries industries to strengthen food systems & supply chains...
Re-establishing fishing in Tuvalu after TC Tino and the impacts of COVID-19
Following the devastation of Cyclone Tino in January and a slowed economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO is supporting Tuvalu in rebuilding and sustaining its fisheries programme and providing economic opportunities for fishers. From January 16-19, 2020, Cyclone Tino brought heavy rains and winds that caused catastrophic damage that impacted Tuvalu’s food and fish production systems. Tuvalu’s Government requested FAO to provide technical assistance to rehabilitate fisheries in the aftermath...
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