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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Upon the opening of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines, from 22-26 February 2016), Dominique Reed, FAO Team Leader of Social Forestry, talks about the potential of...
23/02/2016
Community-based forestry discussed at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
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Meeting between the Director-General, José Graziano Da Silva and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries of the Republic of Vanuatu.
19/02/2016
Director General, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Republic of Vanuatu
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Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries visits FAO.
18/02/2016
Karmenu Vella
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Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
18/02/2016
Romain Schneider
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"We need more focused research for small farmers", says Louise Fresco, President, Executive Board of Wageningen, the Netherlands, at the end of her speech at the Symposium on Agricultural Biotechnologies....
17/02/2016
Louise Fresco, President, Executive Board of Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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FAO in Georgia launched a new pilot project on swine husbandry and traditional smoked ham production in Racha-Lechkhumi Region. This pilot activity, funded by Austrian Development Agency (ADA), is the...
16/02/2016
New pilot project on swine husbandry and traditional smoked ham production in Racha-Lechkhumi Region
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More than half the population of Yemen is currently food insecure, since the beginning of the war, the number has risen from 12.9 million to 14.4 million. The strain on...
28/01/2016
FAO’s appeal for Yemen
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Sahar Al-Bayatti from the Ministry of Agriculture of Iraq talks about challenges that the Iraq experiences in the management its animal genetic resources.
27/01/2016
genetic resources
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This animated video compiles the main achievements and lessons learned during the development of Ecuador’s National Joint Programme from 2012-2015 with the support of UN-REDD and under the leadership of...
05/01/2016
Ecuador’s National Joint Programme from 2012-2015
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Status of development of animal identification, traceability and performance recording in different commodity chains (beef, dairy, small ruminants) in Botswana.
23/12/2015
Botswana