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05.12.2019

It takes a lot to build a good habit, but very little to ruin it. Healthy eating habits are not an exception; they not only take months or even years of a healthy diet routine and enabling food environment, but...

12.09.2019

Last week saw the launch of a new technical network on poverty analysis (THINK-PA).

The new initiative is part of the activities that ES, in coordination with SP3, is undertaking in order to strengthen the Organization’s capacities to mainstream poverty analysis...

24.04.2019

Since 2006, school-provided meals have been one of Kyrgyzstan’s strategies for fighting food insecurity. The main beneficiaries have traditionally been the students, who receive a hot breakfast each day. But now, a FAO pilot programme is exploring how this scheme...

25.05.2018

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has tapped colleagues in TCI to assist in the preparation of future agriculture sector policies for the Caribbean region. The request in the first phase of the collaboration consists of data gathering to create a...

12.04.2018

Through a joint collaborative effort, colleagues in TCI and ESA are providing support to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in the preparation of their food and agriculture strategy, an unprecedented milestone for the Organization.

FAO and the CDB signed the renewed...

25.01.2018

Migration has become increasingly prevalent in many countries in the Europe and Central Asia region, playing a key role in their development. In Tajikistan, one of the region’s poorest countries, in the majority of rural households at least one or...

01.12.2017

Objectives

1. Understand the diverse patterns, drivers and impacts of migration and labor mobility to address challenges for achieving sustainable livelihoods transformation, food security and nutrition and poverty reduction.

2. Promote multisector policy approaches to the development of rural areas...

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