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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 China, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),...

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 then, a much greater awareness has emerged globally, but much more is needed to move towards more sustainable consumption patterns...

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 poor or undernourished. The Director-General was addressing the Second Philanthropy Summit for Sustainable Development in Beijing where he also welcomed a...

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 Securities and China Agriculture Science and Education Foundation (CASEF), launched its first Farmer Field Business School (FFBS) training in Hubei...

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, due to lack of awareness of bird protection at local level, illegal hunting and trafficking happened a lot. In 2008,...