Ghana - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), with funding from the European Union (EU), successfully vaccinated more than 200,000 poultry,...

Kyiv - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ukraine, with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and in partnership with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop T...

Rome – Privately-owned micro, small and medium agrifood enterprises (MSMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Türkiye seeking loans from local financial institutions stand to benefit from TERRA, a new innovative programme from Italy’s Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the Fo...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) today launched an initiative to increase access to safe and nutritious aquatic foods for vulnerable populations in Africa and Latin America while strengthening local economies thr...

Port Moresby – Papua New Guinea reached an important milestone in its journey toward digital transformation in agriculture with the official launch of the Agriculture Management Information System (AMIS). The launch marked the successful national deployment of the system, followi...

Port Sudan/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard livelihoods of over three million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists acro...

Suva, Fiji –In a significant step toward strengthening its economy, Fiji officially launched its first-ever Agribusiness Incubation (ABI) Center today. The center will serve as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs, offering crucial support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME...

Harare - A two-day hybrid workshop scheduled for 2–3 September 2025 is set to validate the Farmed Tilapia Value Chain Inclusion Toolkit and equip community-level trainers with leadership and assertiveness skills. Organized under the auspices of the global aquatic value chain deve...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - In a bold step toward transforming agricultural resilience and biosafety in Southern Africa, Tanzania hosted a landmark regional training workshop focused on digitizing plant pest surveillance systems. The five-day workshop brought together experts from ...

In rural Lebanon, farmers embarked on a journey of learning and growth through Farm Business Schools implemented by the trained facilitators from the Ministry of Agriculture and funded by the European Union. Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Farm ...

Sulaymaniyah - Under the auspices of H.E. Mr. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq marked a major step toward safeguarding its agricultural heritage and enhancing its food security with the laying of the foundation stone for the first-e...

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – With support from the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), FAO, IFRC and WFP, Zimbabwe is making significant progress in shifting from reactive to proactive disaster risk management. This week, over 50 stakeholders from government, UN ...

Rome/Port Sudan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large-scale emergency seed distribution campaign targeting 1.5 million farming households – or approximately 7.5 million people – across 17 out of Sudan’s 18 states.

The 2025...

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme has sought to balance and strengthen wildlife conservation with the well-being of rural communities through an approach emphasizing the rights of local communities. Now, a new report highlights the programme’s progress from 2018 to 2024.

Papua New Guinea - The EU-STREIT PNG Programme, the European Union’s first Global Gateway flagship initiative in Papua New Guinea, highlighted recent programme achievements in boosting rural development at the EU Day Global Gateway Exhibition in Port Moresby.

Visitors were able to learn ...

Harare – With support from the global aquatic value chain development programme FISH4ACP, Zimbabwe has made significant strides in enacting its first-ever fisheries and aquaculture bill. The draft bill, which was recently validated by key stakeholders and is set to appear...

Lusaka – In Zambia, a regional workshop is taking place to help coordinate the first comprehensive fisheries stock assessment of Lake Tanganyika in over two decades. Organized by FAO in collaboration with Zambia's Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the Lake Tanganyika A...

Rome/Banjul – With the endorsement of a co-management plan, cockle harvesters in The Gambia’s Foni region now have a say in how their resources are managed. The plan marks a breakthrough in sustainable fisheries governance and women’s empowerment in The Gambia. 

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Wewak, Papua New Guinea – A determined group of vanilla farmers in Mandi Village, Turubu Local Level Government (Wewak District, East Sepik Province), has struck a major deal to export vanilla beans to a buyer in Singapore. Supported by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, over 200 farme...

Rome – A significant milestone in global plant health capacity development was achieved with the launch of the IPPC Plant Health Campus, during the 19th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19). Developed under the "Strengthening Food Control and Phytosanitary Capacities and G...