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North Korea's food production falls for first time since 2010 as water scarcity hits agricultural sector
Food security expected to deteriorate, most households already estimated to have poor or borderline consumption
27.04.2016
North Korea's total food production - including cereals, soybeans and potatoes in cereal equivalent - is estimated to have fallen in 2015, the first drop since 2010, and is expected to worsen food security in the country, according to a FAO update issued today.
Last year, total food production in North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is estimated to have been about 5.4 million tonnes compared...
Tapping into Asia's biodiversity to feed a hungry region
26.04.2016 Bangkok, Thailand
Scientists and government representatives are assessing opportunities to increase food security and nutrition by more closely examining the region’s biodiversity and its links to food production and agriculture, an FAO regional consultation on biodiversity announced today.
The Asia region’s agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheriesproduce food through an intricate and complex relationship.Better understanding these associations can help scientists and food producers improve food security and nutrition in a region that is expected to lead global population growth in coming decades.
“We need biodiversity for food and...
FAO launch new office in Fiji
24.04.2016 Suva, Fiji
FIJI'S agricultural sector will gain immensely from the physical presence of FAO, which officially launched an office in Suva in April.
Located within the Ministry of Agriculture complex, the existence of the international government organisation in Fiji, is the culmination of the host country agreement that was sealed in Rome between the Hon. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and FAO's Director General Jose Graziano da Silva.
The Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime...
Youth show interest in agriculture
24.04.2016 Apia, Samoa
Students from St Mary’s College in Apia, Samoa can finally begin their school garden project. The students have obtained the needed seeds and gardening equipment using vouchers they won at a competition, which was part of the World Food Day 2015 celebrations.
The vouchers were supplied by FAO through the UN Youth Employment Programme.
The competition provided an opportunity for the students to showcase projects and to provide an incentive to continue...
Chicks land in Fiji
24.04.2016 Suva, Fiji
In Fiji, 313 small farmers are the first beneficiaries of FAO Livestock Emergency Response Project, funded by donor agency, the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA). Each farmer, including women, will take delivery of a box containing chicks.
FAO is working closely with the Government of Fiji on this project, in response to Cyclone Winston which struck Fiji in March, and officers of the Ministry of Agriculture are responsible for...
Tuvalu accedes to FAO International Treaty
24.04.2016 Funafuti, Tuvalu
FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a significant agreement contributing to sustainable food security for all peoples. The Pacific Community (SPC) through its Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees has supported the accession of Tuvalu to this international treaty.
Tuvalu’s Minister for Natural Resources, Hon. Elisala Pita signed the instrument of accession to the Treaty, confirming Tuvalu as the most recent addition to the 137...
Asia-Pacific countries work to protect and maintain trade in seafood while improving conservation of threatened species of aquatic life
22.04.2016 Penang, Malaysia
With an international net closing in on the trade in threatened species of aquatic life, countries in Asia and the Pacific are working to implement tools that will offer a balance of protection while ensuring trade in seafood is not adversely affected, an FAO convened meeting has concluded.
Sharks and their relatives – the batoids and chimaeras – comprise the chondrichthyan fishes, a group of more than 1 100 species, of...
New technologies boost efforts to cut down on environmentally harmful "ghost fishing"
Growing concern for impacts of lost and abandoned fishing gear - marking guidelines being developed
21.04.2016 Rome
Modern technologies that make it easier to recover lost fishing gear are giving a boost to efforts to reduce so-called "ghost fishing" and its harmful impacts on fish stocks and endangered species. Growing concern over this problem, coupled with the increasing availability of these technologies, has led FAO to begin developing international guidelines on the effective tagging of fishing gear as a way to cut down levels of troublesome sea...
Professor Kadambot Siddique named Ambassador for International Year of Pulses
19.04.2016 Marrakesh
Indian researcher and professor Kadambot Siddique has been named Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses in the Asia-Pacific region at a ceremony held in Marrakesh today.
Siddique, who currently serves as professor of agriculture and chair and director of the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Western Australia -- is a leading scientist in the field of legumes. His research includes papers on the adaptation of crops to dryland...
Asia-Pacific looks at greening cities to improve lives and livelihoods
06.04.2016 Zhuhai, China
There is huge potential for an increase in urban forests, trees and green areas to counteract the negative effects of rapid urbanization and improve livelihoods in the major cities of Asia and the Pacific, a regional meeting on urban forestry heard today.
The First Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting is co-convened by FAO in Zhuhai, China, where experts from 20 countries have gathered to consider ways to improve the lives and livelihoods...