Events

 International Year of Freshwater
2003
FAO is partner of the organization of the International Year of Freshwater.

 World Food Day - Water: source of Food Security
16 October 2002
World Food Day 2002 will focus on the essential role water plays in ensuring sustainable food resources for a growing world population. World Food Day is observed throughout the world on the anniversary of FAO's founding, 16 October 1945.

 E-mail conference on Water: Source of Food Security
15 September - 31 October 2002
It is opened to all interested parties, stakeholders and experts dealing with water resource development and management for agriculture.

News stories

 Aquaculture comes of age in Saudi Arabia
21 October 2002
Saudi Arabia's Fish Farming Centre is paving the way for the private sector to produce fish for the national and international markets. The Centre, founded with FAO's help, conducts research and tests fish raising systems suitable for local conditions.

 World Food Day 2002: FAO calls attention to the vital role of water in agriculture
11 October 2002
This year's World Food Day theme, "Water: source of food security", stresses the essential role of water in food production for a growing global population.

 New lake, new thinking in Burkina Faso
24 September 2002
An innovative FAO programme teaches African villagers not only how to increase fish production, but also to manage their own natural resources. Burkina Faso fishers recount stories about these new and sometimes perilous activities.

 How to feed 2 billion more mouths in 2030? Here are some answers
20 August 2002
An interview with FAO's Jelle Bruinsma, the editor of 'World agriculture: towards 2015/2030', a major FAO study that analyses upcoming food production issues around the globe.

Spotlight articles

 Issues in world agriculture