FAO assistance in Afghanistan is centered on six priority areas of support agreed with the Government: Fostering agricultural productive capacity; Improved water resource and irrigation management; Formulation and implementation of effective agricultural policies; Improved natural resource management, through sustainable environmental management; Food and nutrition security and enhanced institutional capacities to address issues regarding food safety and quality; Capacity development for emergency management. [More]

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A group of Serbian farmers and others involved in agriculture visit Hungary on a study tour of organic farming. The visit is part of a two year project sponsored by...
25/04/2015
Serbian Study Tour of Hungary's Organic Farms
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Images of FAO activities and daily life in of FAO member countries in the Pacific Islands. The countries are the Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue,...
22/04/2015
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Project Improving Food Security and Market Linkages for Smallholders (MALIS).
22/06/2016
Cambodia malis
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Samsudin Musa of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia explains what can be done to promote more harmonized criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management. Musa spoke on the sidelines...
13/06/2016
Samsudin Musa, Forest Research Institute Malaysia
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La agricultura familiar en Mesoamérica abarca a cerca de 2,4 millones de familias. Identificar quiénes son y dónde están los agricultores familiares es indispensable para conocer sus necesidades y responder...
13/06/2016
República Dominicana y la agricultura familiar
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Andrew Wilson, Director of National Forest Policy, Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, explains how criteria and indicators have had an impact on sustainable forest management in Australia....
13/06/2016
forest management in Australia
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Joberto Veloso de Freitas, says that national correspondents are a critical element to the assessments. The vital role of these country contributors was emphasized during this week's meetings of the...
10/06/2016
FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessments
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Nidhi Tandon introduced her experience assessing a pilot project on Climate Resilience (PPCR) in Tajikistan, noting gendered dimensions. She introduces the climatic context, noting that communities are often the first...
09/06/2016
Working with men and women for climate-smart agriculture in Tajikistan
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The ten-year efforts of the Kaydara Agroecology School Farm, in Senegal, led to concrete benefits for the community and for the environment. Gora Ndiaye, founder of the "African Gardens" association,...
07/06/2016
agroecology in Senegal
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Southern Africa is currently in the grip of an intense drought driven by one of the strongest El Niño events recorded in the past 50 years. Across large swathes of...
05/06/2016
El-Niño in Zimbabwe: Responding to the Crisis (Short Version)
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In an effort to changing the hygiene maintenance and keeping proper sanitary measures in poultry production practices, FAO and Government of Bangladesh carried out a project in southern delta region...
02/06/2016
In an effort to changing the hygiene maintenance and keeping proper sanitary measures in poultry production practices, FAO and Government of Bangladesh carried out a project in southern delta region with USAID fund, contributing to ‘Improving Food Securit
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In a ground-breaking, countrywide initiative to support sustainable land and forest management and biodiversity conservation, the Fijian Ministries of Itauke Affairs, Forest and Fisheries, and Agriculture have developed and launched...
02/06/2016
Forest in Fiji