Environmental Governance and Institutions - From EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal of the World Resources Institute.

FAO Terminology - names of countries - In order to standardize and harmonize the vast quantity of terms used in FAO documents and publications, the Organization developed the terminology database FAOTERM. The Corporate NAMES OF COUNTRIES database also aims at facilitating the consultation and harmonization of country names throughout the Organization. Downloading options are available to enable the creation of customized country lists and databases.

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

09/11/2009 - The mungbean transformation diversifying crops, defeating malnutrition

The mungbean transformation diversifying crops, defeating malnutrition [IFPRI News]

09/11/2009 - U.N. resumes full food aid to Bhutan refugees in Nepal

U.N. resumes full food aid to Bhutan refugees in Nepal [World Food Program News]

15/10/2009 - UN cuts food rations for refugees in Nepal

The United Nations said Thursday it had been forced to cut food rations to 90,000 Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal due to a severe funding shortage. The UN's World Food Programme provides rice, lentils and other food to the refugees, who fled Bhutan when ethnic tensions flared nearly two decades ago and came to eastern Nepal, where they have lived ever since in camps. [World Food Program News]

06/07/2009 - Bhutan

Bhutan [The New Agriculturist - news and developments in tropical agriculture for a global audience]

12/03/2009 - Bhutan launches online agricultural data system for improved food and livelihood security

Bhutan launches online agricultural data system for improved food and livelihood security [News from FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific]

Working out the links: labor in sustainable agriculture