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Cultivating adaptation in Senegal: a SAGA for a better future

30/08/2023

On 25 January 2023, I visited Pandiénou, a village in the Thiès region of western Senegal, together with Québec's Minister of International Relations...

Efforts to safeguard biodiversity receive welcome boost

28/08/2023

Vancouver - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the launch of the 

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Artificial glacier helps mountain village in Kyrgyzstan meet water needs

21/08/2023

Following the Kyrgyz tradition, Manzura Orolbaeva welcomes guests with homemade bread and a saucer of melted butter. The bread is made from grain grown...

One drop at a time: Silotte Mervil – an innovative Haitian farmer

09/08/2023

Silotte Mervil, a fifty-four-year-old smallholder farmer and mother of five, is determined to make a difference on her land in Maïssade, a commune in...

Indigenous youth: future guardians of the Earth’s Biodiversity

08/08/2023

What is at stake if Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge is not passed down to today’s youth? Quite simply, the planet as we know it! The reality is that Indigenous...

FAO at COP28

04/08/2023

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12...

New FAO publication enables measurement of progress on agricultural adaptation and the Global Goal for Adaptation

01/08/2023

Recognizing that adaptation is a globally significant issue, the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was established under the Paris Agreement to boost...

Take part in the innovation factory start-up pitching challenge

01/08/2023

Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) be the solution to the world’s climate crisis? AI is a tool that is already providing insights into where and how...

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Reviving Azerbaijan’s cotton industry with nuclear techniques and climate-smart agriculture

31/07/2023

The first traces of cotton growing in Azerbaijan date back thousands of years. During the Soviet era, it was referred to as "white gold," accounting...