News and Press Releases
FAO and Japan helping to rebuild livelihoods and ensure greater food security in Rakhine State, Myanmar
16.02.2017 Yangon, Myanmar
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it has successfully delivered emergency assistance to more than six thousand rural households across Rakhine State, a region of Myanmar where nearly half the population is engaged in the agriculture sector.
In order to avoid food insecurity and improve self-sufficiency, following two years of flooding and inter-communal violence, more than 26 000 farmers have received some 200 tonnes of high quality...
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific re-affirms close collaboration with Government of Japan on technical cooperation in the region
15.02.2017 Bangkok, Thailand
FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) today re-affirmed their close collaboration on technical cooperation work in the region during an annual review of the programme.
The annual review process was “a very valuable occasion that will lead to the strengthening of the FAO-MAFF partnership,” said Daiji Kawaguchi, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Division, within the Minister’s Secretariat...
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that increasing demand for, and consumption of, meat and other products of animal origin in East and Southeast Asia are threatening the health of millions of people and livestock as unregulated producers race to meet the demand, often ignoring the possibility of disease and contamination.
According to FAO figures, during the last 50 years, consumption of meat products has skyrocketed in...
Alarm as lethal plague detected among rare Mongolian antelope
Addressing wildlife risks add to urgency of global campaign to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants by 2030
27.01.2017 Rome/Paris
The international pledge to eradicate a devastating livestock disease affecting mostly sheep and goats has taken on new urgency in the wake of a mass die-off of a rare Mongolian antelope.
Some 900 Saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica mongolica) - almost 10 percent of the sub-species' population - have been found dead in Mongolia's western Khovd province. Samples taken from carcasses indicated the animals were positive for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a...
FAO and Japan hold high-level discussions to bolster a strong partnership
Talks center on Sustainable Development goals and improving outreach to Japanese public
25.01.2017
FAO today hosted a high-level delegation from Japan in a bid to bolster both sides of a strong relationship between the UN agency responsible for fighting hunger and its second-largest donor.
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries sent a number of senior officials to the meeting, one of a series aimed at crafting a strategic plan for further advancing the key partnership. The broader...
FAO help fisherman repair boats damaged by Cyclone Winston
22.12.2016 Ovalau, Fiji
The impact on the fishing sector of Tropical Cyclone Winston which struck Fiji in February 2016 is still evident today.
It’s been reported in the town of Levuka on the island of Ovalau of damaged infrastructure, destroyed fishing boats and a decrease in the size and quality of fish catches after the typhoon.
FAO working in co-operation with the Fisheries Department in Fiji have conducted workshops to repair previously damaged fishing boats...
Long serving officer moves on
22.12.2016 Apia, Samoa
Forest Resource Management Officer , Mr Aru Mathias is leaving Samoa after serving nearly two decades for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Mr Mathias, a national of Vanuatu , arrived in Samoa in March 1999. “ I arrived in Samoa on three year contract as Forest Resource Management Officer and stayed 17 years”.
During his time here Mr Mathias has noticed significant change in Samoa and...
Royal Government of Cambodia honors FAO efforts on country natural resource protection
20.12.2016 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) awarded the Royal Order of Sahametrei to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Cambodia for outstanding services to the King and the people of Cambodia. The award, signed by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, is given in recognition of FAO’s major contribution to the protection and conservation of the country’s natural resources.
The Royal Order of Sahametrei, conferred by...
Investing in agricultural science and technology critical to achieving zero hunger by 2030
13.12.2016 Hainan Province, China
In order to meet the world’s sustainable development goals of defeating hunger and poverty by 2030, governments and the private sector need to reenergize their agricultural science and technology research capacities, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced today at a meeting of the world’s top agricultural scientists.
That will require greater public expenditure and investment in science and technology, FAO reiterated, because investment in agricultural sciences has been on the...
FAO, SPREP and CBD introduce a guide on mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agricultural production and management in the Pacific Islands
09.12.2016 Cancun, Mexico
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme(SPREP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), today released a technical document that provides guidance on mainstreaming ecosystem services and biodiversity into agricultural production and management in the Pacific Islands.
Launched during the Forest and Agriculture Day at the Rio Conventions Pavilion, as part of the UN Biodiversity Conference currently taking place in Cancun, Mexico, the document is part of...