Agriculture in developing countries could play crucial role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. FAO has urged policy makers to include agriculture in negotiations for a new climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto protocol.

Finland and FAO signed a €14 million partnership agreement to improve forest data collection and analysis as well as management skills in selected developing countries for sustainable forest management. The aim of the four-year programme is to help developing country governments...

The challenge of climate change is daunting and demands the participation of all sectors. Agriculture needs to be part and parcel of efforts to meet international and national climate change objectives. Alexander Mueller, Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf has called for more attention to be paid to water management in agriculture and for increased support and guidance for farmers in developing countries to tackle water scarcity and the related problem of hunger.

A United Nations programme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests and boosting livelihoods in tropical nations has approved $18 million in support of five pilot countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The UN Programme on Reducing Emissions from...