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During the Municipality workshop on ‘Enabling Transboundary Cooperation for Sustainable Management of the Indonesian Seas - ISLME’ in Metinaro on 16th of July 2019, the Sub-District Administrator, Mr. Fausto Soares, appealed to the fishermen communities to support the ISLME Program for their future prosperity.  The workshop was also attended by...

Manufahi Municipal Administrator, Mr. Arantes Isaac Sarmento, invited local leaders, representatives of the government and FAO to observe the good growing conditions of maize cultivated under ‘no-burning’ and zero-tillage’ practices in Betano Suco, on the 10th of July. FAO’s preliminary analysis suggests that ‘slash and burn’ and uncontrolled fires are potentially...

FAO facilitated an inter-ministerial workshop on Agriculture Drought Risk Management held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) on the 25th and 26th of June 2019. The two days event was attended by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) Disaster Risk Management/Climate Change Adaptation (DRM/CCA) Task Force members...

The launching ceremony of the research vessel, R.V. Chulabhorn from the Department of Fisheries, Thailand was held on the 13th of June at the Dili Port. Guests included Mr. Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. José Agustinho da Silva, Minister for Transport and Telecommunication...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborate to build an IT supported Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for the Ministry and develop individual and institutional capacity to operate, maintain and use data for improved planning, programming and decision...