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Vanuatu: Early reports suggest vast majority of crops destroyed
20-03-2015
20 March 2015, Rome -- Strong winds, heavy rains and floods resulting from Tropical Cyclone Pam have caused extensive damage to agriculture throughout Vanuatu, including the main food and export crops, livestock, and fisheries infrastructure, FAO said today.
Realizarán Precenso Agropecuario Nacional en República Dominicana
17-03-2015
Santo Domingo, 17 de marzo de 2015.- El Ministerio de Agricultura, la Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)y la Unión Europea, firmaron un memorándum de entendimiento para la realización de un Precenso, como parte de las actividades previas a la ejecución del VIII Censo Agropecuario Nacional de la República Dominicana.
La FAO participa en Feria Agropecuaria Nacional en República Dominicana
13-03-2015
13/03/2015 La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), estará participando en la Feria Agropecuaria Nacional 2015, que este año tiene como tema la conservación de las aguas y la producción sostenible de alimentos. La Feria Agropecuaria se desarrollará del 14 al 22 de marzo en la Ciudad Ganadera.
Agriculture key to Caribbean food security and coping with climate change
27-02-2015
27 February 2015, Nassau - Agriculture, particularly family farming, is crucial for Caribbean countries to achieve food security as they face climate change and other challenges, and can also spur their economic development by creating jobs, especially for youth, according to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Ending hunger and malnutrition a top priority for Caribbean region
25-02-2015
25 February 2015, Nassau - Over the last two decades efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition in the Caribbean have made substantial progress, but these need to be further strengthened, according to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
FAO provides urgent assistance to drought-stricken Cape Verde
18-02-2015
18 February 2015, Rome - FAO will provide food crop seeds, animal feed and drip irrigation equipment to help thousands of people in Cape Verde whose food security and livelihoods are at risk following a sharp fall in crop production due to drought.