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Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition, according to the main findings of a new report by four United Nations agencies.    But the threat is not only a future concern, the results are being felt now, according to...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will continue to play a leading role in transforming Pakistan’s agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, sustainable and resilient, a challenge that has gained in urgency following recent floods that have devastated the country’s agriculture sector, Director-General QU Dongyu told a UN conference. Today’s International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva, co-hosted by the Government of Pakistan and the UN,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has today received notice of additional funding of more than USD 1.85 million from the Government of Japan to improve access and availability of nutritious food for vulnerable and food-insecure smallholder households in Afghanistan as well as protecting their livestock. The resources will fund a 12-month emergency project beginning January 2023. It will support 42 700 people from Kapisa province (Hissa-e-Awali Kohistan...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will lead the Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This flagship GEF programme will support countries in conserving globally critical intact forest landscapes through interventions inside and outside protected areas. The Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program will be open to Bhutan, Camboida, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia,...

What is thought to be the world’s largest remaining stockpile of the now banned pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), left in the heart of Bangladesh’s second biggest city for 37 years, is set to finally leave for France for incineration at a specialist facility. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has led the complex international operation to remove the DDT and to decontaminate the storage site in the port...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu and Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, the Prime Minister of Samoa, today called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to leverage the power of innovation to regain their momentum toward achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum (28-30 November), convened in Samoa’s capital, Apia, has brought together ten Government Ministers, as well...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Vatican and the Catholic maritime charity, Stella Maris, today marked World Fisheries Day with a call for greater social protection for small-scale fishers and fish workers. As the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) draws to a close, FAO,  the Holy See and Stella Maris held a high-level event entitled “Investing in social protection to secure equitable Blue Transformation...

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, more than 30 percent of global crop and livestock areas could become climatically unsuitable by 2100, in the worst-case climate scenario. The Southeast Asian region is one of the world’s major producers of agricultural products. However, agriculture yields will be affected significantly due to impacts of the climate crisis, such as variations in temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sri Lanka has this week handed over 780 tonnes of urea to the Ministry of Agriculture, procured through the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN-CERF).  Urea is badly needed by smallholder farmers in some of the hardest to reach and most vulnerable areas to help them recover from the recent economic shock and shortage of adequate fertilizers. Some 15,619 farmers, cultivating paddy on landholdings of one-fifth hectare or less, will each receive 50 kilograms of urea in four of the more...

  MEDIA ADVISORY ANDall Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Fo The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Samoa, through its Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), have invited leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, as well as heads of technical and resource partner organizations, to attend the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions...