FAO.org

  The Municipality Administrator of Covalima, Mr. Afonso Nogueira, oversaw FAO’s emergency food distribution for a remote community in Mape Suco on May 27, 2020. Emergency assistance was provided to 60 households in food distress as part of the European Union funded ‘Pro-Resilience II’ project. Mape Suco community access to food has...

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), His Excellency Eng. Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins, launched the Government’s Disaster Risk Management (DRM) / Climate Change and adaptation (CCA) Task Force on May 13, 2020. The initiative was supported by FAO and the European Union. At the event, the Minister...

School children, representatives of the government, the European Union (EU) and FAO have gathered for the inauguration of the rooftop rainwater harvesting structure at Ensino Basico Central school in Cribas on 30 January 2020. School children and Cribas community offered a warm welcome to the invitees. Guests included the Minister...

In Timor-Leste, the rates of undernutrition in children under 5 years and women of reproductive age are well above the acceptable WHO cut-off values for public health significance in both urban and rural areas, in all municipalities, and among both boys and girls. Anaemia and overweight are on the rise...

The FAO Representation in Timor-Leste called together stakeholders to discuss its new Country Programming Framework (CPF) for the period of 2020-2024 in a consultative workshop held on 3th December 2019 in Dili. The workshop was co-chaired by the FAO Representative to Timor-Leste, Stephen Rudgard, and the Secretary General of the...