Apia - The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Samoa has officially launched its first Digital Media Hub located at the Government’s TATTE Building in Apia, to strengthen public outreach and communication. This purpose-built facility is equipped with modern digital and ...

Georgia - FAO, with support from the European Union (EU) and Sweden under European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) IV, has launched a matching grants cycle for smallholder women dairy farmers in Georgia. This round offers farmers the opportu...

Kadoma, Zimbabwe – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the European Union and the Government of Ireland-funded Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund Phase II (ZRBF 2), is strengthening Zimbabwe’s capacity to manage livestock disease risks and hu...

Funded by the European Union and Sweden, the Mating Disruption Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supports Georgian viticulture in reducing pest damage while improving grape quality and food safety. By using pheromone-based pest control and applying ...

Port Sudan - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large-scale seed distribution campaign to support the 2025 winter planting season and address the country’s deteriorating food security and nutrition situation.

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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,...

Sao Tome and Principe - Fishing plays a vital role in people’s lives and the economy in Sao Tome and Principe, a Small Island Developing State off the coast of Central Africa. Most coastal pelagic fishing is artisanal, with 97 percent of landings coming from small-scale fishers. ...

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.

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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.