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COVID-19: Our hungriest, most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”
17/04/2020

In this interview, Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges COVID-19 poses in...

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FAO leads the way to clearer peatland mapping and monitoring
10/04/2020

A new publication and an innovative geospatial online tool help countries preserve critical carbon stores

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Biopesticides for locust control
03/04/2020

Hitting hoppers without harming the environment

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NEW video: Climate services for farmers
30/03/2020

Climate Services support farmers to prepare for and adapt to climate change. Technology and innovation provide new opportunities for the dissemination...

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FAO celebrates International Day of Forests 2020
20/03/2020

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and...

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It's not business as usual when it comes to agriculture and food security
19/03/2020

It is more and more evident, that we can no longer think about agriculture and food security without simultaneously addressing...

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What do you want to know?
17/03/2020

FAO’s new open data policy makes fact-finding and information sharing easier

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African francophone countries come together to find common ground under the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
16/03/2020

With so many countries on board and complex topics to be discussed, the 

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Green Climate Fund approves a $119 million climate resilient project for Cuba
12/03/2020

Havana/Rome - The Board of the Green Climate Fund today approved a $119 million disbursement for a FAO co-designed project to boost...