SIDS Solutions Platform

Videos
12/09/2017

FAO works closely with the International Rice Research Institute to improve food security and improve livelihoods. In India, IRRI has developed climate-resilient rice varieties that could withstand severe flooding, drought, salinity, and iron toxicity. This video looks at work in the agricultural/crops sector and the lives its changing for the better.

11/09/2017

FAO in Asia-Pacific, in collaboration with partners in the public and private sectors, has taken a closer look at various non-GMO biotechnologies and their successes. This video looks at work in the forestry sector and the lives its changing for the better.

25/02/2015

Assistant Director-General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Árni M. Mathiesen presents an outlook for global fisheries and aquaculture and their contribution to preserving food security. Presentation delivered at the IV Conference of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Peru February 2015

09/12/2014

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met with Samoa’s Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Le Mamea Ropati Mualia, who was in Rome to attend the 150th FAO Council. In his remarks, he describes cooperation with FAO

02/09/2014

The Cook Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean about 3,000 kilometres to the North East of New Zealand. White sandy beaches and clear lagoons attract over 130,000 tourists a year, providing work for islanders and accounting for as much as 90% of the state’s economy. Land once used for agriculture is now being used for luxury resorts and holiday cottages.