Nanjing, China – With the clock ticking toward the 2030 deadline for meeting the international goals to eradicate hunger and poverty, Ministries of Agriculture in five of the world’s most...

Beijing - In order to meet the world’s Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030, innovation will be a major tool including for reducing food loss and waste in China,...

Kunming, China - The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing considerable advancements on innovative approaches that combine agriculture and aquaculture leading to improved livelihoods for smallholders, according to senior officials from the...

Beijing - The crucial role of innovation, partnership and communication in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) specifically in areas related to FAO’s mandate, as well as for the implementation...

北京 ---- 为了在2030年前实现全球可持续发展目标，共享治理解决方案和良好实践将成为消除贫困的主要因素。这是今天召开的中国扶贫国际论坛上传递的信息。  2017中国扶贫国际论坛今日在京举行，本次论坛主题为“减贫治理方案的开发与共享”，论坛由联合国粮食及农业组织、中国互联网新闻中心、中国国际扶贫中心、世界银行和亚洲开发银行联合主办。  来自七个国家的政府机构、国际组织、学术界和私营部门的100多名代表参加了此次活动。 本次论坛的重点是开发和共享中国扶贫的最佳实践，以帮助其他发展中国家消除贫困。

Beijing — In order to meet the world’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, sharing governance solutions and good practices will be a major factor in eradicating poverty, delegates at an...

Shanghai, China  As countries grow richer and diets change, the variety and quantity of foods consumed rise, and one of the many consequences is an increase in food loss and...

The Belt and Road initiative linking China and the Eurasia region can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, provided it addresses the needs of millions of farmers and fisher folk in...

FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva today met China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which focuses on expanding development...

The 49th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) opened in Beijing on April 24, 2017. Yu Xinrong, Vice Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Vincent Martin, FAO Representative to...

Since first appearing in 2013 in China, the number of human cases of H7N9 avian influenza in each of the first four seasonal outbreaks had been steadily declining. With each...

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Dr Vincent Martin, Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China, and staff from FAO China visited the “One Square Meter Gardening”...

FAO and WHO in China organised in Beijing the meeting of the United Nations Theme Group on Agriculture(UNTG-AG) – sub working group on Diseases at the Human-animal-environment interface to discuss...

The CFETPV has made significant progress since it was launched in 2010, by training more than 140 epidemiologists in government agencies all over China. However, it is a quite small...

On Sunday, the Central Government released its Number One Central Document, the first policy statement of the year, and as in the previous 13 years, it focused on agriculture and...

The UN Theme Group on Agriculture and Food Security was launched today in Beijing. The group was chaired by FAO and co-chaired by WFP, with the attendance of other relevant...

The meeting focused on reviewing the progress of the CFETPV in 2016 and finalizing the Action Plan for 2017. Major activities in 2017 are as follows: 1. Three training modules...

The China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (CFETPV) and university academics networks conducted their first joint workshop in Jingzhou, Hubei Province from 21st to 25th November 2016. The first...

The China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (CFETPV) keeps facilitating the veterinary epidemiology development at different levels since its launching in 2010. Some provinces use their own resources to develop their institutional...

Two Field Epidemiology Training Programs for veterinary and medical professionals (CFETPV and China Field Epidemiology Training Program [CFETP]) aimed to assist the Chinese government in training epidemiologists in support of...