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16 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Pacific island nations face food security challenges as serious as those confronting mountain communities, representatives of these countries told a meeting of Asia-Pacific agricultural ministers that opened today in the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal.Delegates from Australia and Tonga attending the 13 to 17 May 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) highlighted the special problems faced by Pacific island countries, [more...]

Nepal, 15 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Senior government officials from 25 Asia-Pacific nations ended three days of talks on food security here on Wednesday stressing that political stability and peace are essential conditions for increasing agricultural production in the world’s hungriest region.The consultation has submitted a set of recommendations for consideration by ministers from these countries during the plenary session of the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, which takes place [more...]

Nepal, 14 May 2002 -- Kathmandu - One out of every six of 3 billion people in Asia and the Pacific does not eat enough to be able to lead a healthy and active life. According to FAO’s latest global food insecurity survey, the region has two-thirds of the 780 million undernourished people in the developing world. Lack of adequate nutrition saps the economic productivity of individuals and undermines the economic health of nations. Studies [more...]

Nepal, 13 May 2002 -- Kathmandu ‑ Armed conflict and hunger are stalling efforts to reduce poverty and environmental degradation in Asia-Pacific mountains, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told senior government officers from these countries meeting here to discuss sustainable mountain development in the region. “Peace in the mountains is a priority for the UN’s International Year of Mountains (IYM) being observed in 2002, FAO informed delegates from 27 Asia-Pacific countries at the [more...]

Nepal, 13 May 2002 -- Kathmandu ‑ Small farmers are the region’s main food producers, yet are hungry themselves, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told senior Asia-Pacific government officers meeting here to discuss ways of boosting productivity and incomes of small cultivators in their countries. Inadequate farm technology, institutional and policy support are keeping small cultivators in the region from unleashing their full productive capacities that can bring about big gains in agricultural [more...]

Nepal, 12 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Representatives of seven Pacific nations have begun arriving here to attend the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific that will review the state of agriculture and food security in the region. Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga are sending delegations to the 13 to 17 May 2002 conference, which is being held for the first time in the Himalayan Kingdom [more...]

Nepal, 12 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Increasing the productivity and incomes of resource-poor agricultural workers who feed Asia and the Pacific, yet are hungry themselves, is a central goal ofthe UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the region, a top FAO official told a gathering of Asian civil society groups that concluded here today.Achieving this objective is vital for eliminating hunger from Asia and the Pacific, which has two-thirds of the world’s about [more...]

Nepal, 09 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Representatives of non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs) dealing with food security and poverty in Asia, will gather here on 11 and 12 May to discuss ways of reducing widespread chronic hunger in the region. The consultation will also assess regional progress in meeting the commitments made at the 1996 World Food Summit.Organized in conjunction with the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific from 13 [more...]

China, 07 May 2002 -- Kathmandu – Agriculture ministers and senior officers of 40 Asia-Pacific countries are expected to meet here from 13 to 17 May 2002 to review the state of agriculture and food security in the region. The 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific marks the first time the major FAO event is held in Nepal. It is one of a series of FAO regional conferences in preparation for a [more...]

Sri Lanka, 23 Apr 2002 -- Bangkok; The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a major initiative to revive food production in Sri Lanka’s northern region, which has been devastated by two decades of internal conflict. After visiting Sri Lanka’s troubled Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna districts in January/February 2002, an FAO mission has identified a series of proposals to give new life to agriculture, livestock and fisheries in a region that [more...]