Cape Town - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the ACP MEAs 3 project and in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have organized a three-day workshop to validate the SADC Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP). From 8 to 10 April 2024, more than...

From 18 to 26 March, the sub-regional dialogue on National Biodiversity and Strategy Action Plans (NBSAPs) of Pacific countries took place in Fiji, giving space to over 80 participants from Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands,...

Celebrating both the World Water Day and the International Day of Forests, twenty-five students and three teachers of the Anse La Raye Primary School in Saint Lucia took a field trip to the Troumassée River, the island’s longest river, and the Makote Mangrove Forest, thanks to the FAO ACP MEAs...

During a handover event in Tanzania, from the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries - Phase III (ACP MEAs 3) programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered modern equipment to 300 small-scale beekeepers across six districts. The beehives,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) made significant progress in enhancing environmental sustainability in Zimbabwe.Over the last three years, under the ACP-MEAS 3 project, a European Union-funded initiative that seeks to strengthen environmental governance and implement Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), Zimbabwe has made significant progress in...

The ACP-MEAs 3 project brings hope to the farmers in Zimbabwe, who are facing the challenges of climate change head-on and are determined to adapt to these challenges using nature-based solutions.In a region where about 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture, the frequency of El Niño occurrences in...

FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development (MoA) in Saint Lucia celebrated the graduation from Farmer Field Schools (FFS) of thirty-two farmers. The FFSs were executed under the European Union (EU) funded Programme for Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries Phase...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and FAO's European Union-funded ACP-MEAs 3 Project, recently organized a workshop to revise and update the SADC Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (SBSAP).The workshop, which took place from November 13...

The ACP MEAs 3 Project Coordinator traveled to Saint Lucia to attend the Project Steering Committee and join the Regional and National Coordinators to visit their main partners. Taking advantage of this mission, an interview was conducted with these three great women to learn more about the current status of...

Twenty-two officers are now equipped to help farmers adopt more ecosystem-friendly agricultural practicesCastries, Saint Lucia - Twenty-two agricultural extension officers from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines successfully completed a week-long training in the Farmer Field School (FFS) methodology...