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BRICS countries well placed to take a leadership role in helping eradicate global hunger and poverty by 2030
16 June 2017
16 June 2017
Nanjing, China – With the clock ticking toward the 2030 deadline for meeting the international goals to eradicate hunger and poverty, Ministries of Agriculture in five of the world’s most important emerging economies are well positioned to take a leading role in helping to achieve these objectives, the UN’s Food...
UN’s FAO promotes advancements of innovative agro-aquaculture systems to enhance blue growth in Asia-Pacific
13 June 2017
13 June 2017
Kunming, China - The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing considerable advancements on innovative approaches that combine agriculture and aquaculture leading to improved livelihoods for smallholders, according to senior officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
While the practice of adding fish to flooded rice paddies was established...
Beijing - In order to meet the world’s Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030, innovation will be a major tool including for reducing food loss and waste in China, participants at the innovation brainstorming session heard today.
The Innovation Lab (AgLab CX) Session on Reducing Food Loss and Waste in...
FAO China’s journey on innovation
06 June 2017
06 June 2017
Beijing - The crucial role of innovation, partnership and communication in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) specifically in areas related to FAO’s mandate, as well as for the implementation of the FAO China Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2016 – 2020, was at the center of the discussion during the...
Beijing — In order to meet the world’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, sharing governance solutions and good practices will be a major factor in eradicating poverty, delegates at an international forum heard today.
The 2017 China Poverty Reduction International Forum, with the theme of “Developing and Sharing Governance Solutions to...