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Myanmar launches National Zero Hunger Challenge on World Food Day 2014
16.10.2014 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
The United Nations and Myanmar’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI), with the support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), have marked this year’s World Food Day with the launch of a major initiative to eradicate hunger.
The National Zero Hunger Challenge (NZHC) was launched today in the nation’s capital by Myanmar’s Vice-President U Nyan Tun. The event was attended by Government Ministers and deputy ministers,...
Asia and the Pacific region celebrates World Food Day with a focus on small holder and family farmers towards the eradication of hunger
15.10.2014 Bangkok, Thailand
This year’s World Food Day (16 October) is celebrated across Asia and the Pacific with increasing optimism that the region could achieve the Millennium Development Goal on reducing hunger by 2015.
This was among the key messages delivered on the eve of World Food Day at a regional event in Bangkok to mark WFD 2014, convened by the Asia-Pacific regional office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Rice along with root crops is now a staple food for all Fijians, with an annual per capita consumption of 75 kg. Fijis heavy reliance on imported rice is estimated at FJD 40 million (US$ 21.14 million) annually for approximately 50,000 tonnes of rice.
Rice has been cultivated for many decades in Fiji with mixed results. During the early eighties, two thirds of the national demand for rice was fulfilled by...
FAO is investing over US$350,000 into a two year technical assistance project to improve agriculture sector information and statistics for Samoa. Working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS), the project will assist in the development of sustainable capacity for the analysis of agriculture sector trends.
"By building the capacity of MAF and SBS in this area, it can inform and improve evidence-based...
Thailand heading toward regaining position as top world rice exporter by 2015
Global rice production in 2014 could drop for first time in five years but reserves remain ample
14.10.2014 Bangkok, Thailand
This year could be the first year in five years that global rice production has declined after years of record harvests, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported in its October issue of the Rice Market Monitor.
Crop prospects have deteriorated in the past few months, reflecting erratic weather conditions across many regions. These, together with an El Niño weather anomaly possibly arising soon, have marred the...
Media invitation to cover World Food Day event in Bangkok – 15 October
Awards to ‘Model Farmers’ from China, India, Myanmar, New Zealand and Thailand
13.10.2014 Bangkok, Thailand
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand will preside over the 34th Regional World Food Day (WFD) celebration at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok on Wednesday 15th October beginning at 9am.
The ceremony will be attended by H.E. Petipong Pungbun Na Ayudhya, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives and other officials of the Royal Thai...
Improving access to social protection and opportunities for rural employment is vital to ensuring food security for vulnerable groups in Asia and the Pacific – FAO and ILO
08.10.2014 Bangkok, Thailand
Linking rural employment with greater social protection schemes is vital to ensuring fairer, sustainable and equitable food production systems for small-holder farmers and other vulnerable rural populations across Asia and the Pacific, a high-level regional consultation heard today.
The ‘Regional Consultation on Social Protection, Rural Employment and Food Security’ has attracted government ministers and senior officials from 17 countries across the region. It is the first Asia-Pacific consultation of its kind,...
New food processing facility brings benefits to Niue
02.10.2014 Niue
A newly established food processing facility in Niue will benefit farmers and support the livelihoods of many on the small island. Niue has a large trade deficit and food imports make-up a significant part of the import bill. The Government of Niue has long recognized the need to add value to agricultural produce as a way to reduce the trade deficit and encourage private sector-led agribusiness development that will create...
More aquaculture production needed to feed a growing and urbanizing world
Combined technological intensification needs to be sustainable and environmentally sound
02.10.2014 Bangkok, Thailand
Six countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s largest consumer of fish products, have come together to draft a work plan on the sustainable intensification of aquaculture for ‘blue growth,’ the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), announced today.
Representatives from the Governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam are working with FAO global and regional fishery and aquaculture experts in the development of...
FAO talks climate change at Samoa College
01.10.2014 Apia, Samoa
A representative from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations spoke to students at Samoa College earlier this week about climate change and what it means for Small Island Developing States. The geography students from Year 13 are studying climate change and its implications as part of their curriculum.
Apia Program Associate for the FAO Sub-Regional Office, Mr. Richard Crichton spoke on the work of FAO and addressed...