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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Signature of an Agreement for the Formulation of the FAO Kuwait Partnership Programme for Agriculture Development in Kuwait with Mr Yousef Jhail, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to...
27/04/2016
FAO Kuwait Partnership Programme for Agriculture Development
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According to a FAO-European Union update, North Korea’s total food production – including cereals, soybeans and potatoes in cereal equivalent - is estimated to have fallen in 2015, the first...
26/04/2016
North Korea
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The presence of relatively large numbers of Desert Locust in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control operations, poses a potential threat to crops in the region. Keith Cressman, FAO...
12/04/2016
Potentially dangerous desert locust outbreak in Yemen
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Andreas Haberl of the Michael Succow Foundation discusses the use of biomass from reeds in energy production in Belarus. Haberl discusses a pilot project in Belarus, commencing with the context...
07/04/2016
Biomass from reeds for energy production in Belarus
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FAO, China and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a two year agreement worth almost $1.5 million aimed at increasing food and nutrition security in the conflict-ravaged African nation.Liu...
04/04/2016
FAO China south south cooperation
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This promo video emphasizes Africa’s booming economies and determination to invest in its own potential; we also meet beneficiaries of projects funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund in Sierra...
29/03/2016
Africa Solidarity Trust Fund
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Cuba se suma al esfuerzo mundial para combatir la pesca ilegal con su adhesión a un pacto internacional auspiciado por la FAO.
25/03/2016
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Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment and Head of the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation Ivan Valentik emphasizes the importance of preserving forest and water resources and...
24/03/2016
Ivan Valentik, Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Envionment
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Meeting between the Director General and Joan Burton, Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland.
18/03/2016
Joan Burton, Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland
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This message sent by ADG of Forestry Department in Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to celebrate the international symposium to be held in Republic of Korea,...
17/03/2016
René Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General for FAO Forestry