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FAO News and Highlights 1998
Unemployment spells misery and falling numbers for Asian elephants
(30 December 1998)
The plight of domesticated elephants in Thailand
(30 December 1998)
How domesticated elephants can help their wild relations
(30 December 1998)
FAO supports budding small livestock and meat export industry in Tanzania
(22 December 1998)
African Swine Fever in Nigeria hits rural poor
(11 December 1998)
Fighting for the right to food
(10 December 1998)
Map shows the food supply gap between rich and poor countries
(9 December 1998)
Meeting in Dakar looks at country progress in the battle against desertification
(8 December 1998)
Sunshine turns on the television and lights the Bedouin tents at night
(7 December 1998)
IPM-trained farmers in Indonesia escape pest outbreaks
(27 November 1998)
What is Integrated Pest Management?
(27 November 1998)
Urgent action needed to combat hunger as number of undernourished in the world increases
(26 November 1998)
Marketing medicines from the forest
(13 November 1998)
Meeting recommends good fire management as key to battling blazes
(11 November 1998)
"Bringing the poor together": Email conference puts people in 67 countries in touch
(29 October 1998)
School milk comes in many flavours for the 21st century
(29 October 1998)
Sharks and seabirds on agenda for international fishery meeting
(22 October 1998)
New web look for one of FAO's biggest departments
(20 October 1998)
Oranges and lemons on the agenda at international meeting
(20 October 1998)
A message of hope on World Food Day
(16 October 1998)
World Food Day interview with Sissel Ekaas, Director of FAO's Women and Population Division
(16 October 1998)
New FAO pages on the Uruguay Round "a toolkit for governments"
(13 October 1998)
Rice productivity figures give cause for concern at international meeting
(2 October 1998)
Italy holds expert meeting on plant genetic resources
(1 October 1998)
Fragile ecosystems under threat as people resettle disease-freed lands in West Africa
(25 September 1998)
How the battle against river blindness in West Africa was won
(25 September 1998)
Biovillage approach represents the greening of development
(18 September 1998)
"Biovillagers" tell their stories
(18 September 1998)
Legally binding convention to control trade in hazardous chemicals adopted in Rotterdam
(11 September 1998)
TeleFood projects help the rural poor around the world
(9 September 1998)
New computer system aims to halt continuing erosion of world animal genetic resources
(8 September 1998)
La Niña announces her arrival with killer floods in Asia
(1 September 1998)
Aquaculture institute a catalyst for Blue Revolution in India
(21 August 1998)
Aquaculture: from laboratory to village
(21 August 1998)
FAO, midwife to India's top aquaculture centre
(21 August 1998)
Treating sewage by aquaculture
(21 August 1998)
Extensive post-harvest losses prompt a new network to share solutions
(7 August 1998)
FAO works to lessen impact before and after El Niño strikes
(27 July 1998)
Update on FAO's activities in relation to the 1997/98 El Niño, July 1998
(27 July 1998)
Decentralization and redesign in store for agricultural information systems
(9 July 1998)
Export earnings from agricultural commodities fall as grain prices decline
(2 July 1998)
International coalition focuses on research and technology to help farmers in developing countries grow "more crop per drop"
(24 June 1998)
FAO calls for minimum tillage to halt soil erosion
(22 June 1998)
FAO Agricultural Engineer, Theodor Friedrich talks about
minimum tillage
(22 June 1998)
European Ministers for Agriculture discuss food and agriculture in the Region
(19 June 1998)
Widespread adoption of safe and simple milk preservation system could bring more milk to market
(17 June 1998)
Growing pains for tropical fruit market
(12 June 1998)
"Save our seas" is plea of World Environment Day 1998
(5 June 1998)
Bringing the Syrian steppes back to life
(4 June 1998)
Land degradation threatens traditional Bedouin ways in Syria
(4 June 1998)
El Niño is on the wane, but its effects are still being felt
(3 June 1998)
FAO's activities in relation to the 1997/98 El Niño
(3 June 1998)
Helping people live with trypanosomiasis - one of the greatest constraints
to African agricultural development
(28 May 1998)
Tsetse fly eradicated on the Island of Zanzibar
(22 May 1998)
The Sterile Insect Technique
(22 May 1998)
FAO calls for sharp cut in fishing capacity to renew dwindling stocks
(20 May 1998)
Committee monitors progress since the World Food Summit
(15 May 1998)
Work goes on to map the world's hungry
(11 May 1998)
FAO part of UN appeal to bring relief to flood-stricken in Somalia
(11 May 1998)
Fish-farming in Vietnamese rice fields fights golden apple snail pest
(30 April 1988)
New FAO publication: Human Nutrition in the Developing World
(30 April 1998)
George McGovern appointed United States Permanent Representative to FAO
(24 April 1998)
FAO broadens cooperation with the World Bank
(21 April 1998)
French President Jacques Chirac awarded the Agricola medal
(21 April 1998)
New strain of Foot and Mouth Disease threatens Near East and Europe
(8 April 1998)
Major outbreak of African Swine Fever threatens food security in Cape Verde
(7 April 1998)
Madagascar: locusts spread north towards main agricultural areas
(7 April 1998)
Special Programme web pages highlight progress in 30 countries
(1 April 1998)
Ninety-five countries agree on new international convention on dangerous chemicals and pesticides
(1 April 1998)
Rural radio programmes promote Special Programme activities in Burkina Faso
(18 March 1998)
FAO requires financial support for the disposal of obsolete pesticides
in Africa and the Near East
(11 March 1988)
El Niño still affecting crop production in Latin America
(11 March 1998)
"Women feed the world": FAO announces theme for World Food Day 1998
(9 March 1998)
FAO appoints women representatives to Africa
(9 March 1998)
FAO opens first office in South Africa
(9 March 1998)
FAO focuses on helping member countries make the most of the Uruguay Round
(6 March 1998)
Expert committee: no danger to humans from milk and meat from BST-treated cows
(5 March 1998)
Regional Conference for Africa considers dual challenge
(26 February 1998)
Numbers of fishers have doubled since 1970, according to new FAO figures
(26 February 1998)
Europe vulnerable to livestock epidemics, warning delivered at FAO press conference
(17 February 1998)
Pastoralists in eastern Africa hard hit by Rift Valley fever and other diseases
(17 February 1998)
"Teamark" to promote trade in black tea
(13 February 1998)
FAO review of state of food and agriculture in 1997 now available in five languages
(12 February 1998)
International plant protection ready for the new century
(30 January 1998)
Flood victims in East Africa hit by Rift Valley fever epidemic
(22 January 1998)
Thousands of fans log in to Ronaldo live video chat on Internet
22 January 1998)
Former head of Forestry Department named new FAO Deputy Director-General
(20 January 1998)
Ronaldo speaks out for FAO against hunger
(12 January 1998)
Screwworm epidemic threatens livestock in Iraq and neighbouring countries
(15 January 1998)