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Regional Fiji meeting on world programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020) contributes to sustainable development goals
06.11.2017 Nadi, Fiji
Highlighting the importance of reliable statistics and data for policy development, including national agricultural censuses, a week-long FAO workshop for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food and agriculture, and the last in the series of regional roundtables on World Census of Agriculture 2020, opened in Nadi, Fiji today.
For FAO, assisting governments to produce accurate statistics for informed decision-making, and the agricultural census that is a key pillar...
Vanuatu hosts the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture
05.11.2017 Port Vila, Vanuatu
Global agricultural leaders gathered for the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA 2017) in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 16 to 20 October. The Government of Vanuatu hosted the one-week event in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) and FAO.
The intensive week of meetings will saw international and regional participants explore innovations, discuss challenges and look for ways to protect and expand agriculture in the Pacific. With support from the...
Agriculture Ministers show support for FAO initiative
05.11.2017 Port Vila, Vanuatu
Global agricultural leaders gathered for the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA 2017) in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 16 to 20 October. The Government of Vanuatu hosted the one-week event in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) and FAO. FAO’s Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island States (GAP) received support from Ministers who attended the GAP side event held during the Pacific Week of...
One million dollar land degradation project marked for Vanuatu
05.11.2017 Tongoa. Vanuatu
FAO is working on a project to help protect the people of Tongoa Island in Vanuatu where land and forest degradation threaten the livelihoods of the island’s inhabitants.
Funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), and working with the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fisheries and other key partners, the project aims to restore lands that are severely degraded due to coastal...
Join this year’s antimicrobial resistance pledge, let the world know that AMR matters
27.10.2017 Bangkok, Thailand
It’s time to renew our yearly commitment to mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Last year’s AMR pledge drew many supporters both online and in coordinated activities leading up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) celebrations.
This year’s WAAW will be observed from 13-19 November. People across the Asia-Pacific region are again invited to participate and join others who’ve already pledged to use antimicrobials more wisely. Anyone can participate by...
Competing interests need to collaborate to help restore Asia-Pacific’s forests or risk missing 2030 sustainable development targets
24.10.2017 Colombo, Sri Lanka
The forestry sector across Asia and the Pacific must collaborate with a wider range of stakeholders if countries in the region are to meet key targets of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission meeting here this week.
Landscape management or landscape approaches – terms used to refer to a holistic way of ensuring forests are working to the advantage of the environment, water and land...
With more people on the move than in any other part of the world, the impact migration has on food security and rural livelihoods in the Asia-Pacific region is being closely examined during this year’s World Food Day.
Of the world’s 815 million hungry people, more than 60 percent, or some 490 million of them, live in this region. Escaping poverty, or just seeking greater livelihood options, millions are migrating within...
Government ministers and experts gather for first Pacific Week of Agriculture – highlight on nutrition and food security
12.10.2017 Port Vila
Global agricultural leaders will gather in Vanuatu next week for the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA 2017). Vanuatu is hosting the one-week event from 16 to 20 October in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The intensive week of meetings will see international and regional participants explore innovations, discuss challenges and look for ways to protect and expand...
FAO with local authorities and partners tackling food safety across the Pacific
By Eriko Hibi, FAO Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific Islands
10.10.2017 Apia, Samoa
Growing concerns across other Pacific Island countries about human wellbeing has led to increased attention being paid to improved food safety and nutrition. Consumers, food vendors, restaurants, universities to governments are all paying more attention to the role they can play in keeping us safe. With World Food Day (Monday, October 16) just around the corner, I thought I would draw you attention to the role my Organization, FAO has...
The new and upgraded trail for the Nabalasere Ecotourism Forest Park was officially launched by the Minister for Forests, Honorable Osea Naiqamu on Friday 29th September. Work on the upgrade and improvement of the forest trail is through a partnership between the Nabalasere village community and the Fiji Government, which began in 2015 and supported through funding by the Global Environment Fund under the Forest and Protected Area Management...