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Three years on from significant outbreaks of inter-communal violence across Rakhine State, hundreds of thousands of people remain in need of humanitarian assistance. With a poverty rate of 78 per...
31/05/2016
conflict-affected communities in northern Rakhine, Myanmar
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Vegetable market at Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu Island, Kingdom of Tonga. In the background, traditional Tongan mats.
30/05/2016
vegetable market in Tonga
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Experts from Latin America, Europe and Central Asia met this week at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Halle, Germany to share their experiences with...
24/05/2016
Strategies to promote agricultural exports
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A new study has been released today by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) at the University of Oxford. The “Plates, Pyramids,...
19/05/2016
Only a handful of countries have food guidelines promoting diets and food systems that are not only healthy but sustainable.
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A new study has been released today by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) at the University of Oxford. The “Plates, Pyramids,...
19/05/2016
Food guidelines offer opportunities to protect the planet, too
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“Garden Wall” is a microgardening project implemented by FAO and funded by the OCHA managed Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF). Garden walls are a proven technique to grow vegetables and herbs...
18/05/2016
vertical gardens Lebanon
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FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva welcomed today Oscar Arias Sánchez, Tawakkol Karman, Betty Williams and Muhammad Yunus at FAO headquarters in Rome for the launch of the FAO-Nobel Peace...
11/05/2016
Betty Williams - Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance for Food Security and Peace
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During the International Year of Pulses, the association Seed Guardians set off for the mysterious world of a large group of garden crops - pulses. Considering the fact that pulses...
02/05/2016
Grains of multiple shapes and colors
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The infographic demonstrates the negative consequences of peatlands drainage and raises awareness about multiple environmental and social benefits that can be achieved during peatland rewetting and sustainable management.
27/04/2016
Peatlands and Climate Change
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FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva signing a Memorandum of Understanding with UNIDO Director General LI Yong.
26/04/2016
Signature of MoU
