Rome - Two new sites in Japan - an inland fisheries and associated paddy farming system centred on the country’s largest lake and a traditional fruit-growing area  believed to have been the birthplace of Japanese grape cultivation - have been formally recognized...

Bonn, June 2022, Mid-way between two major climate conferences COP26 and COP27, this year’s Bonn Climate Conference, also known as the 56th sessions of the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and...

We must engage more women in conversations about climate change, gender equality and agriculture. And that’s exactly what FAO is doing. Last week, another conversation of the HerStory series took place online, with Danielle Nierenberg, President and co-founder of...

The FAO project ‘Strengthening Agricultural Adaptation’ (SAGA) funded by the Government of Quebec and implemented by a range of partners on the ground, is having a big impact across Senegal. The project is reinforcing...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding.

The three new projects – in Nigeria,...