FAO in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan – FAO and CESVI, with funding from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) organized the provincial launching...
FAO Pakistan recently collaborated with the University of Sargodha to participate in the launch of...
Sujawal – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Building...
A three-day technical training on the use of FAO's WaPOR data and portal for land and water use assessments was conducted in Islamabad from September 24-26, 2024. Led by Associate Professor Yasir Mohamed from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the training introduced participants from various stakeholder organizations and...
FAO Pakistan’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) unit hosted a baseline study validation and learning workshop for USAID-funded project “Revival of Livelihoods, Food Security, and Nutrition of Flood-Affected Populations in Sindh” in Shaheed Benazirabad district. The event brought together over 70 participants, including representatives from government departments, academia, INGOs,...
The Pakistan Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) paper has been published online. It explores the significance of financing anticipatory action (AA) in disaster risk management. Anticipatory action refers to acting ahead of predicted hazards to minimize humanitarian impacts. AA approaches are being tested and scaled across provinces in Pakistan, where farmers...
In August 2024, price trends varied in Umerkot and Tharparkar, as analyzed by government departments in the “Strengthening Resilience of Agro-Pastoralists in Sindh” project, funded by the EU and implemented by FAO. Monthly price bulletins showed that wheat flour prices increased by 3% in Umerkot but decreased by 2.3% in...
Multan, August 31, 2024: Under the "Transforming the Indus Basin through Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management" project, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations inaugurated an Eddy Covariance Flux Tower at the Central Cotton Research Institute in Multan on Saturday. This project, funded by the Green...