17 December 2020
Consumer interest in edible insects has been rising in recent years and that has driven a traditional, but local, industry in Southeast Asia to expand to meet increasing global demand. [more] |
14 December 2020
FAO and the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Secretariat have extended a collaboration to promote innovative approaches to sustainable forest management at landscape level. [more] |
11 December 2020
A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and its partners shows that the number of mountain people vulnerable to food insecurity in developing countries increased from 243 to almost 350 million between 2000 and 2017. [more] |
11 December 2020
Mountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world's hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to mark International Mountain Day 2020. [more] |