News and Press Releases
When it comes to its humanitarian work, FAO is in it for the long haul
An enduring commitment to sustainable agriculture and resilient communities
19.08.2016
Celebrated every 19 August, World Humanitarian Day provides an annual reminder of the continuing need for collective action to alleviate suffering and want around the globe. It is also an occasion to honour the humanitarian workers and volunteers toiling on the frontlines of crises. Here, we reflect on FAO's activities in humanitarian situations and profile some of our team who are working in the field to build a world free from hunger.
A seed...
Bringing in fisheries along the road from Paris to Marrakech COP-22
FishAdapt addresses research and experience on climate change adaptation in fisheries and aquaculture
08.08.2016 Bangkok, Thailand
Today in Bangkok, a three-day global conference on climate change adaptation for the fisheries and aquaculture sector opens. The Conference, FishAdapt, provides participants from government, intergovernmental organizations, academia, private sector and civil society the opportunity to share real-life experiences and practical research relating to identifying and addressing the vulnerabilities associated with climate change.
Worldwide, more than 1 in 10 people depend on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Fish is a crucial...
Students express interest in agriculture
05.08.2016 Faleula, Samoa
Students from Wesley College in Apia, Samoa completed their school garden project. The students have obtained gardening equipment using vouchers they won at a competition, which was part of the World Food Day 2015 celebrations.
The competition provided an opportunity for the students to showcase projects and to provide an incentive to continue with agriculture in their studies and possibly as a career.
“We are very happy to receive the gardening equipment”....
Contract farming: Bringing farmers and buyers together
05.08.2016 Apia, Samoa
The Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc and FAO are furthering their partnership to promote contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms.
Continuing from successful workshops held in 2015 to promote contract farming, FAO and the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. held a training workshop on design and analysis of farming contracts.
The workshop was facilitated by Carlos da Silva, Professor of Agro-industrial...
New focal point joins FAO in Vanuatu
05.08.2016 Port Vila, Vanuatu
FAO is pleased to introduce Graham Nimoho who recently joined the FAO Subregional team as Assistant FAO Representative and who will greatly assist FAO activities on the ground in Vanuatu. In the following brief profile, we find about Graham and why he joined FAO.
Name: Graham Nimoho
Title: Assistant FAO Representative, Vanuatu
Nationality: Republic of Vanuatu
Before joining FAO: I was employed as the senior fisheries officer for the northern part of Vanuatu by...
Helping market vendors get back on their feet
14.07.2016 Naqoro, Fiji
Around 1,000 women market vendors - farmers who were adversely affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston have received agriculture supplies that will help in their efforts to replant their crops. The produce will eventually be sold to market.
For market vendor-farmer Adi Menani Tabua from Naqoro Village the supplies could not have come at a better time.
“I lost everything after Cyclone Winston and we are still trying to replant all the crops...
Niue Biodiversity Teaching Kit for primary school students
14.07.2016 Alofi, Niue
Primary school students in Niue will soon be learning about the biodiversity of flora and fauna which exists in their island country and the ecological importance . FAO has partnered with Landcare Research NZ to produce the biodiversity teaching kit for the primary schools of Niue.
“This is one of the core results of creating awareness for biodiversity conservation among the people of Niue”, said Rudolf Hahn, Chief Technical Officer for...
Student’s positive attitude to agriculture
14.07.2016 Apia, Samoa
Students studying agriculture at Leififi College in Apia, Samoa have embraced their subject as a possible future pathway. “The students look forward to these classes”, said Leififi College principle, Malae Sefuiva Lauano. “ We have vocational subjects at Leififi college like arts, woodwork, and agriculture”.
“We are very happy to receive gardening equipment using vouchers we won in a competition at World Food Day 2015”. Said Ms. Lauano. “We were able...
Namu Robby – Building resilience after natural disasters
14.07.2016 Anabrou, Vanuatu
Namu Robby lives with his family in the Anabrou settlement area of Port Vila. His family has a small business, making furniture out of local timber, with a few family members working in town.
Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu on March 13 2015, causing widespread damage and destruction throughout the country. Namua was one of many affected
As with most settlements in the capital, many family members live together in very close...
Reviewing Samoa's Community-based Fisheries Management Programme
14.07.2016 Apia, Samoa
The Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries held two consultations in Upolu and Savaii on the 13th and 14th July 2016 respectively. The consultations aim to introduce the review process of the Community-based Fisheries Management Programme (CBFMP) as well as collect preliminary information from the representatives of 70 selected communities in Upolu and Savaii who joined the programme.
The CBFMP was initiated in 1995 under the Australian funded...