FAO News & Highlights 2000

FAO News and Highlights 2000

Bridging the gap in rice production
(14 December)
One third of farm animal breeds face extinction
(5 December)
Putting ability before disability in Thailand and Cambodia
(1 December)
FAO to participate in global launch of UN funding appeals
(27 November)
Planting hopes in refugee camps in Tanzania
(27 November)
Cows for Kosovo
(27 November)
Seminar addresses feeding Asia's cities
(23 November)
2,500 cattle flown to farmers in Kosovo
(9 November)
Strategy to end hunger in the Horn of Africa
(31 October)
Solar energy: power for rural development
(25 October)
New report shows little progress has been made in reaching World Food Summit target
(16 October 2000)
Animal diseases spreading at alarming rate
(2 October 2000)
Ethics panel holds first session
(25 September 2000)
SOFA 2000 - 50 years of agricultural wisdom
(15 September 2000)
Coconut Water is it
(14 September 2000)
New report looks at food and nutrition in Iraq
(13 September 2000)
Director-General tours drought-stricken East Africa
(6 September 2000)
Food crisis deepens in East Africa
(22 August 2000)
Fighting water weeds in West Africa
(16 August 2000)
Food and population: FAO looks ahead
(24 July 2000)
Coming soon - The International Year of Mountains
(19 July 2000)
World Food Day - 16 October 2000
(13 July 2000)
Reforming FAO: into the next millennium
(4 July 2000)
Long-term action plan for the Horn of Africa
(3 July 2000)
Director-General travels to Baghdad for staff members' funerals
(30 June 2000)
HIV/AIDS: a threat to sustainable agriculture and rural development
(22 June 2000)
Way clear for global rinderpest eradication
(20 June 2000)
Managing agricultural information
(19 June 2000)
Feeding Asian cities
(15 June 2000)
FAO optimistic about relaunch of agriculture in Kosovo
(12 June 2000)
World Environment Day at FAO
(2 June 2000)
Five years down the road from Beijing - assessing progress
(2 June 2000)
FAO appeals for more than US$30 million emergency aid for the Horn of Africa
(31 May 2000)
Rethinking agricultural planning
(24 May 2000)
Logging bans have mixed success in conserving forests
(15 May 2000)
Conservation tillage: the end of the plough?
(3 May 2000)
Championing the cause of cassava
(26 April 2000)
FAO warns of slow progress on sustainable development
(24 April 2000)
Banana experts hold landmark meeting at FAO
(18 April 2000)
Free software for managing market information
(12 April 2000)
FAO helps Bolivia in fight against cocaine trade
(30 March 2000)
FAO appeals for US$ 13 million for farmers in Mozambique
(27 March 2000)
Water to feed the world: perspectives for the future
(22 March 2000)
FAO launches an electronic forum on biotechnology
(20 March 2000)
Task Force analyses the risks of foods derived from biotechnology
(14 March 2000)
International Women's Day - Five years after Beijing
(8 March 2000)
International aquaculture meeting plans for the future
(6 March 2000)
FAO launches international appeal for farmers in Mozambique
(2 March 2000)
Bilateral and multilateral cooperation: the key to sustainable development
(18 February 2000)
New FAO video on protecting the savings of rural depositors
(4 February 2000)
Intranet: A new agricultural tool
(24 January 2000)
Sowing seeds of peace in East Timor
(13 January 2000)
ACC Network launches new website
(6 January 2000)
After Seattle...What next?
(4 January 2000)