FAO in Sri Lanka

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08 March 2022
Malé, Maldives – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu arrived in Maldives yesterday on an official two-day visit to the Maldives, to reaffirm support and cooperation to Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as the Maldives, to drive agrifood systems transformation...
07 March 2022
Malé, Maldives/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has placed Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the centre of its work to transform agrifood systems,  because of their vulnerability to the climate crisis and other shocks and their importance in the protection of marine biodiversity. 
15 December 2021
The state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific has worsened, as more than 375 million people in the region faced hunger in 2020, an increase of 54 million over the previous year, according to a joint report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
01 December 2021
Colombo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with support from the Government of Australia is providing vegetable seed packs to around 46,000 vulnerable families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. This is to enable selected families across the island to improve their nutritional...
04 November 2021
Colombo – A project to provide technical assistance to improve the production and commercialization of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture with financial assistance from the People’s Republic of China. The project,...