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Bangkok/Thimphu – As COVID-19 continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

Hanoi, Viet Nam. FAO in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) are organizing the consultation workshop to finalize project proposals and develop an integrated program of the agricultural sector to implement the National Action Plan to adapt...

Forty-Six FAO Member Nations in Asia and the Pacific to chart a course for securing food systems and mitigating the effects of COVID-19 and climate change on agricultural sectors

Bangkok, Thailand. The arrival of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a...

Background Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a vector-borne viral disease that affects domestic cattle and buffaloes and is characterized by the appearance of skin nodules. The disease can result in substantial economic losses in affected countries given the heavy impact...

The first edition of the State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) was published in 2011 (http://www.fao.org/nr/solaw/solaw-home/en/).

The SOLAW was FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources aimed...