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19 October 2017
COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), today urged attention to the pressing issues that cause people to migrate, particularly those living in rural areas, and called for action and investments towards improved...
COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), today urged attention to the pressing issues that cause people to migrate, particularly those living in rural areas, and called for action and investments towards improved...
18 October 2017
A Joint National Op-ed for World Food Day 2017 By Brenda Barton, Nina Brandstrup and Giuseppe Crocetti Migration is at the forefront of global debates on the directions of social and economic development. Yet, migration has been central to human evolution since humankind walked the planet and is deeply rooted in our...
A Joint National Op-ed for World Food Day 2017 By Brenda Barton, Nina Brandstrup and Giuseppe Crocetti Migration is at the forefront of global debates on the directions of social and economic development. Yet, migration has been central to human evolution since humankind walked the planet and is deeply rooted in our...
16 October 2017
World Food Day 2017, marked annually on 16 October is akin to the national day of FAO and is observed this year together with WFP and IOM under the theme: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development. In Sri Lanka, a panel discussion will take place...
World Food Day 2017, marked annually on 16 October is akin to the national day of FAO and is observed this year together with WFP and IOM under the theme: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development. In Sri Lanka, a panel discussion will take place...
10 October 2017
“We are so happy with our FTT-Thiaroye ovens that we wish women fish operators throughout the African continent could take advantage of the same benefits,” said Micheline Dion, President of the Côte d'Ivoire National Union of Women in Fisheries Societies, in June 2014, in an interview during a headquarters-based committee...
“We are so happy with our FTT-Thiaroye ovens that we wish women fish operators throughout the African continent could take advantage of the same benefits,” said Micheline Dion, President of the Côte d'Ivoire National Union of Women in Fisheries Societies, in June 2014, in an interview during a headquarters-based committee...
31 August 2017
Marking a milestone in the agricultural sector in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, the Agriculture In-Service Training Institute (ISTI) was declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena in Batticaloa yesterday. The ISTI was reconstructed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with funding of EUR 456,600...
Marking a milestone in the agricultural sector in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, the Agriculture In-Service Training Institute (ISTI) was declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena in Batticaloa yesterday. The ISTI was reconstructed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with funding of EUR 456,600...
