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FAO and Palau join forces to tackle El Niño impacts on agriculture and food security
The country faces significant crop losses, irrigation restrictions
12.07.2016 Rome, Italy
FAO will support Palau with technical assistance to address the challenges posed by the 2015/2016 El Niño cycle, which has resulted in a global crisis adversely affecting agriculture and the food security and nutritional status of more than 60 million people.
In Palau, significant losses to crops have been reported. All farm irrigation activities are currently suspended due to low levels of reservoir water and state of emergency has been declared...
New era beckons with implementation of illegal fishing treaty
FAO chief hails Port State Measures Agreement, urges rapid action to provide technical and financial resources
11.07.2016 Bangkok, Thailand
The Port State Measures Agreement "marks the dawn of a new era in the effort to combat illegal fishing" but rapid action is needed to make sure its implementation is effective, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at an event held to celebrate the world's first international treaty specifically aimed at tackling Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
"FAO is working to deliver immediate support to those countries that...
OECD and FAO see likely end to period of high agricultural prices but urge vigilance
Food demand to rise strongly in coming decade; production gains alone will not suffice to eradicate hunger - action needed
04.07.2016 Rome, Italy
The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organisations warn of the need to be vigilant as the probability of a major price swing remains high.
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025, published today, projects inflation-adjusted agricultural commodity prices will remain relatively flat overall in the coming decade. However, livestock prices are expected to rise relative...
Shrimp farming sector looks for consensus on ways to battle trans-continental disease
24.06.2016 Bangkok, Thailand
Governments, scientists and producers have expressed the need for a consensus on ways to fight a deadly disease that continues to seriously threaten the world’s shrimp farming sector.
Outbreaks of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), commonly known as "early mortality syndrome" (EMS), caught the entire shrimp industry, scientists and governments by surprise as early as 2009 and continues to plague the sector.
It is considered to be the most serious non-viral disease...
Shark Measures Database now online
15.06.2016 Apia, Samoa
An online database has been developed which documents international, regional and national shark measures. The Shark Measures Database collates management measures to assist the sustainable use and conservation of shark resources; making all shark related regulations and guidance to fishery and conservation managers accessible in one website.
The database was developed by FAO, in cooperation with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and...
Students plan for a future in agriculture
15.06.2016 Apia, Samoa
Students from Faleata College in Apia, Samoa have waited eagerly for the arrival of seedlings and equipment to begin their school project.
The Head of Department for Agricultural Science and Horticulture, Toleafoa Tuputala Aneliu Tuipe’a was pleased to receive equipment and seedlings which would be used to encourage gardening activities at the school.
“We are very happy to receive needed seedlings and gardening equipment using vouchers we won in a competition at...
Partnering to reverse the decline of Fiji land and forests
15.06.2016 Suva, Fiji
The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, the Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, and the Ministry of Agriculture have launched – Wakatu Fiji –, a groundbreaking campaign to better support community efforts to sustainably manage their land and forests.
The campaign was developed with support from FAO and cChange, a local communications NGO. The campaign (Wakatu which means ‘tree’) aims to promote actions at all levels, and in all sectors, to sustainably use...
Improving agricultural data helps food security
15.06.2016 Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
The Integrated Agriculture Census (IAC) project is a multi-donor project to improve agricultural information to help develop evidence based policy which will deliver better food security and income from agriculture for the people of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
A national census of agriculture has not been carried out in FSM since 1969 which means that accurate, consistent, relevant, and overall timely agricultural data is very limited. This has led...
China and FAO strengthen south-south cooperation pledging to leverage agricultural expertise for the benefit of all
07.06.2016 Beijing, China
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have announced plans to intensify their partnership in south-south cooperation activities, FAO announced today.
After decades of successful collaboration, China and FAO have agreed to broaden the scope of their cooperation, building on their achievements to further promote rural development worldwide.
A new Memorandum of Understanding on the Strategic Cooperation on Agriculture and...
Investment in agricultural innovation needed to fight poverty and hunger
FAO Director-General addresses agriculture during G20 summit
03.06.2016 Xi'an, China
Promoting sustainable agriculture requires a renewed focus on innovation and investment in research, technology and capacity development, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva said at a meeting of agriculture ministers of the G20 in China.
"ICT helps in the monitoring of crop growth, utilization of new techniques, field management and harvests,” the FAO Director-General stressed, adding that it has also become an essential tool for improving people’s livelihoods and welfare while advancing social...