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FAO partnered with the Belgian Development Cooperation to vaccinate and deworm 144,000 TDPs livestock in Bannu, Karak and Lakki Marwat districts of KP from 01August to 20 December 2014. These animals belong to 24,000 most resource poor Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) and their host families. Preference was given to families with...

FAO Representative to Pakistan Mr. Patrick T. Evans says “our hearts go out to the parents and families who have lost loved ones.” Patrick also quoted the local newspapers that have declared this as our darkest hour. A moment of silence was observed by FAO staff to show solidarity with the...

In his message to H.E. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has stated that “It is with profound dismay that I have learned of the tragic...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated the International Day of Rural Women to bring rural women- the invisible workers into the limelight and to recognize rural women's contribution in enhancing agricultural and rural development in Pakistan. The idea of an annual Rural Women's Day was launched...

Over the past several years, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has been instrumental in a successful rehabilitation of Nara Canal, one of largest irrigation system of Sindh province. FAO team has been working with the Sindh Planning and Development Department since 2008 to support procurement and management...