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Timor-Leste is making significant progress in reducing child malnutrition but it still has a long way to go: the country still suffers from some of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world, which persist above WHO acceptable cut-offs across all socioeconomic groups and geographic spans, in boys and girls,...

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), the State Secretary for Environment, the State Secretary for Land and Property and FAO have launched a project aiming strengthening national capacity to address the negative impacts of ‘slash and burn’ and uncontrolled forest fires. The event was held on September 8, 2020...

The Minister of Agriculture, the European Union Ambassador, local leaders and representatives of the government and FAO have gathered for a learning event on Conservation Agriculture held in Betano Suco, on 27.July, organized by Manufahi Municipality Administrator, Mr. Arantes Isaac Sarmento. The conservation agriculture initiative is supported by the European...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Directorate General of Fisheries of the Ministry Agriculture and Fisheries and the University of Timor-Leste completed a series of consultations at national, municipality and local levels to inform the project formulation of Ikan-Adapt: Strengthening the adaptive...

Dili,16/06/2020. The Directorate General of Forestry, Coffee and Industrial Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (DGFCPI), in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), announced the official inauguration of the Community Forestry Development Project in Timor Leste. The announcement was made by the Director...