Despite its importance in terms of income, trade, employment, livelihood and nutrition and share in...
ISLAMABAD – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations today convened a virtual meeting to discuss resilience building to multiple shocks and addressing COVID-19 in fragile contexts. The virtual dialogue, which brought together over 300 participants from 29 countries, was held as part of a series of Virtual...
FAO distributes Kharif crop packages in the newly merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
13 July 2020
13 July 2020
Peshawar – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is distributing Kharif crop packages to 16 000 vulnerable households to strengthen agriculture-based livelihoods in the tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Under a similar intervention, the United States Bureau...
Agrisurge 2020 Innovation Challenge Launched
27 June 2020
27 June 2020
ISLAMABAD – Consequent to the framework collaboration agreement signed between Ministry of IT and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 25 March 2020, to jointly work for the acceleration of development of Pakistan's agriculture sector using technology, Agrisurge 2020 Innovation Challenge was virtually launched by...
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly marked the annual Day of Seafarer by organizing a webinar to highlight the important contributions of seafarers as key workers and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speakers from International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International...
Islamabad – Swarms of Desert Locust can be of millions, fly up to 150 kilometers per day, and may travel nearly 2,000 kilometers in their lifetime to find a favorable environment for breeding. They rapidly reproduce and eggs usually hatch after about two weeks. Desert Locust, if not controlled, can...
