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World Soil Day 2023 highlights link between soil and water, increasingly crucial in face of climate crisis
05/12/2023
At global celebrations marking World Soil Day 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the vital...
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Digging deeper into the arid terrain of the world’s largest landlocked country
05/12/2023
After years of soil degradation in western Uzbekistan, smallholder farmers like Adyl have turned to climate-smart techniques to tackle the impacts of...
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FAO Director-General champions agrifood systems as the climate solution at COP28
04/12/2023
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led a delegation during the first high-level segment of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,...
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FAO empowers Philippines' fishers and communities in resilient climate change adaptation
04/12/2023
Climate change is not something that might hit the Philippines one day: it is already happening. Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and more intense...
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COP28: At climate summit’s first-ever Health Day, FAO highlights interconnected challenges of malnutrition and climate change
03/12/2023
Malnutrition and climate change are two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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COP28: New AIIB-FAO partnership to boost rural infrastructure development to transform agrifood systems
03/12/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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COP28: Fighting AMR requires action on the ground, Qu says
02/12/2023
It is time for concrete action in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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COP28: FAO Director-General highlights the role of finance and science in agrifood systems for transformation and prosperity in Africa
02/12/2023
To help Africa cope with the impacts of the climate crisis, it is crucial to put agriculture and food centre-stage in climate action and channel more...
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COP28: Resilient and healthy mountain systems are key to climate change adaptation and mitigation
02/12/2023
A wide range of stakeholders need to make a concerted effort to address the root causes of the degradation of mountain areas, a situation which is also...