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17/04/2018
An upgraded version of the national Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Tool of the Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan was presented today during an event in Dushanbe. The event was hosted by the Food and Agricul
12/04/2018
As a landlocked country infused with rivers, springs and freshwater lakes, including the world’s second-largest high-mountain lake, Issyk-Kul, the Kyrgyz Republic has an abundance of freshwater resources for aquaculture. Having realized this, the country
11/04/2018
If there’s one thing all farmers share, it’s the drive to innovate. To find better, cleaner, easier, more productive ways of doing things. Agriculture, like all economic sectors today, has a wide array of modern technologies at its disposal. Nevena Alexa
11/04/2018
Dominique Burgeon, the Director of FAO’s Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, met with Syrian refugees living within the community in the city of Gaziantep and in the Temporary Accommodation Center at Osmaniye this Monday. Burgeon, who also is the lead
10/04/2018
According to FAO estimates, one-third of the globally produced food, equal to 1.3 billion tonnes, gets lost or wasted every year. Not only does this happen at a time of volatile food prices and worsening food security for many, but food loss and waste al
06/04/2018
The FAO Information Centre at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations was formally inaugurated on this day.The Centre, which has been in operation since the beginning of the year, is the result of a partnership between the Food and Agricultu
04/04/2018
With a signing ceremony and press conference today in Yerevan, FAO launched a new project to make substantial improvements to dairy operations in the Republic of Armenia. Also today, FAO introduced a unique platform for uniting donors working to improve
28/03/2018
People everywhere want their food to be safe – free of harmful toxins, viruses, bacteria, veterinary drugs, or excess additives. For the past two years, Moldova has been working with FAO to modernize its national food safety system.
27/03/2018
Some 1 250 rural households residing along the contact line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine are receiving seed potatoes this week from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This is the second round of FAO’s veget
26/03/2018
A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government. The USD 5 million contribution from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agenc