FAO's 39th Conference opened this Saturday (06/06), with representatives from 194 countries including more than 130 ministers gathered to discuss the Organization's future workplan, set a new two-year budget, and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday (02/06) participated in a workshop on the "Collaboration between Mozambique and Portugal in the agriculture, food and forestry...

70 farmer association leaders, managers of agricultural production and technicians from the District Services for Economic Activities (SDAE) and the District Services for Education, Youth and Technology (SDEJT) of the...

The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 – or around one person out of every nine, according...

On 21 May, the three Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food...

With stronger capacity to design and implement trade policies and strategies, Southern African countries can better leverage trade as a means to reducing poverty and improving food security. Additionally, countries...

With the help of a new training guide developed by FAO and the International Labour Organization (ILO), extension workers in Africa and elsewhere are engaging with rural communities to reduce...

International prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories are poised to offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year. Worldwide cereal...

During the 2014/2015 rainy season, Mozambique was hit by heavy rains that led to severe flooding, particularly between the months of January and March 2015. On 12 January, the Council...

Judite Moreira was one of the first to get the white bag that everyone was waiting to receive this morning at Mocua Resettlement Centre in the District of Namacurra, Zambézia Province. The...

Increased responsible public and private investment in the agricultural sector is key to poverty reduction, improved food security and production of nutritious food at reasonable prices. This came out clearly...

"Healthy soils are the foundation of global food production and ought to become a key agenda item in public policy", said Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO's Land and Water Division,...

The newest project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Mozambique has been launched on Thursday (09/04) in Maputo. The goal of the project "Strengthening...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a programming meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday (31/03 & 01/04.) to discuss the Organization's projects in Mozambique. The country's technical...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday (30/03) officially closed the project "Right to Food" which the Organization had implemented in Mozambique in partnership with...

Representatives from the Belgian embassy in Maputo and the Belgian Fund for Food Security (BFFS) have visited two Farmer Field Schools (FFS) – one with agriculture and the other with...

Around 5 500 small-scale family farmers who have participated in the "Purchase from Africans for Africa Programme" (PAA Africa) so far have been able to boost their productivity by 115...

"My house has been flooded. I couldn’t take anything out of the house. My pots, my clothes and blankets, everything disappeared with the water", says Admira Maurício, 29, a single...

180 teachers will give nutrition education lessons in primary schools in Manica Province, Central Mozambique, after being trained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in...

The model of agricultural production that predominates today "is not suitable for the new food security challenges of the 21st century", FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today. "While...