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16 September 2015
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The objectives of World Food Day are to: encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end; encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing...
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The objectives of World Food Day are to: encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end; encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing...
10 September 2015
Quinoa is a grain crop which has gained worldwide attention because of its ability to grow in various abiotic stress conditions such as soil salinity, acidity, drought, frost, etc. Its grain is a rich source of a wide range of minerals, vitamins, oil and high quality protein containing ample amounts...
Quinoa is a grain crop which has gained worldwide attention because of its ability to grow in various abiotic stress conditions such as soil salinity, acidity, drought, frost, etc. Its grain is a rich source of a wide range of minerals, vitamins, oil and high quality protein containing ample amounts...
21 July 2015
Scaling up Nutrition through a Multi-Sector Approach is a project by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations jointly with the National Nutrition Secretariat (NNS). This project aims at implementing prioritized activities of the national nutrition action plan using grants provided...
Scaling up Nutrition through a Multi-Sector Approach is a project by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations jointly with the National Nutrition Secretariat (NNS). This project aims at implementing prioritized activities of the national nutrition action plan using grants provided...
21 July 2015
The first “Good Food Festival and Entrepreneur Exchange” program organized to coincide with the ‘Nutrition Month’ in Sri Lanka, combines nutrition promotion with small enterprise development and reconciliation to serve the public a unique culinary, cultural, educational and entertaining experience. It was held at the Green Path, Colombo on 27th...
The first “Good Food Festival and Entrepreneur Exchange” program organized to coincide with the ‘Nutrition Month’ in Sri Lanka, combines nutrition promotion with small enterprise development and reconciliation to serve the public a unique culinary, cultural, educational and entertaining experience. It was held at the Green Path, Colombo on 27th...
16 June 2015
Global hunger has continued to decline, gradually, to an estimated 795 million undernourished people, or a reduction of 167 million hungry people over the last ten years according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 - SOFI). This...
Global hunger has continued to decline, gradually, to an estimated 795 million undernourished people, or a reduction of 167 million hungry people over the last ten years according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 - SOFI). This...
