The FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme has just approved its first emergency project on desert locust control, which was signed by China’s Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

COVID-19 is raging across the world, significantly impacting the global society and economy, while also bringing noticeable changes to our personal and professional life. This February, the Food and Agriculture...

April 23, 2020, Mahitsy / Antananarivo - A delegation of ten people led by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAEP) went to Mahitsy on April 23, 2020 to inspect...

7 April 2020, Rome/Nanjing - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) have signed a partnership agreement which foresees joint...

31 March 2020, Rome/Geneva - Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures aiming to halt the...

14 March, 2020, Beijing — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated critical medical supplies to the Chinese government to support its response to the...

5 February 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have jointly expressed...

On 15 January, 2020, the FAO Representation in China invited representatives from Chinese government agencies, civil society, private sector, academia and media to hold the first national-level consultation meeting for...

On 14th December, the 11th China Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Conference was held in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. More than 800 participants participated and shared their opinions on agroecology and rural...

From December 9th to 10th, the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Agriculture was held in Sanya, China. In his opening remarks, Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs...

On December 7, "2019 Poyang Lake International Birdwatching Week" kicked off in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province of China. The 5-day birdwatching week was held in Nanchang, Jiujiang and Shangrao near Poyang...

On December 1, the 11th International Conference on Agricultural Trade Policies (ICATP), co-organized by the Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre (ATPC) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of...

In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a study showing that around 1/3 of the world’s food was lost or wasted every year. Since...

23 November, Beijing - FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, said today partnerships with the private sectors are vital for raising production and nutrition levels for the world's most vulnerable people who are...

From November 5th to 8th, the “Development of Sustainable Development Goals Villages” project (SDG Villages Project), jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GF...

Ximen Village, Changyi Town, located in the Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, is adjacent to Poyang Lake. More than 450,000 migrant birds come here every year for winter. In earlier years,...

Is your nutrition balanced? Do you know how to have a balanced diet to meet your nutritional needs? Nowadays, more and more people are paying attention to healthy diet and...

Today is the United Nations (UN) Day, which marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by...

2019 marks the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of the FAO-China SSC Programme. FAO is organizing a 3-day event in Kampala, Uganda, from 25-27 November 2019, to commemorate this anniversary...

The 2019 China Poverty Reduction International Forum was held in Beijing on October 16, on the theme “Joint efforts on knowledge sharing to promote global poverty reduction governance.” The forum...