08 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. FAO’s irrigation and income diversification projects have become instrumental in tackling the negative impacts of El Niño- induced drought for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Afar Region. 7 March 2016, …
US Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, David Lane, and FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva. 7 March 2016, Rome - The United States has brought added momentum to global efforts targeting illegal fishing by adhering to a FAO-brokered …
Rural women are working in a vegetable field as part of the FAO-supported Women Open School where they gain experiential learning and skill development on pesticide risk reduction, kitchen gardening and small enterprise development, Kot Chutta, Pakistan. 8 …
Drying corn on the hood of the family truck in Manyandzeni Village, Swaziland. 9 March 2016, Rome - Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according …
Strengthening the capacities of smallholders, pastoralists, landless and marginal farmers and fisher folks will offer them the opportunity to improve their incomes and food security. Fisher folks on their traditional vessel in Bangladesh. 10 March 2016, …
FAO is using this year's International Day of Forests celebration to discuss ways of enhancing the critical role of forests in providing water and food security. 21 March, 2016, Rome - FAO today launched a new programme aiming to enhance the critical …
We must count on a broad portfolio of tools and approaches to eradicate hunger, fight every form of malnutrition and achieve sustainable agriculture, Jose Graziano da Silva said in Brussels. 22 March 2016, Rome -- The international community needs to find …
FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, and Cuban Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, Alba Soto Pimentel. 25 March 2016, Rome - Cuba has helped to edge forward global efforts targeting illegal fishing by acceding to a FAO-brokered international …
Rural students line up for a school lunch in Honduras. 30 March 2016, New York - Absolute levels of hunger and poverty are the most dramatic issues when it comes to addressing inequality, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said today at a UN …
FAO's Bukar Tijani addressing the opening session addressing the conference. 4 April 2016, Abidjan - "Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity" is the theme of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for …
A Chinese expert works with rice farmers in Ghana. 4 April 2016, Rome - FAO, China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a two‑year agreement worth almost $ 1.5 million aimed at increasing food and nutrition security in the conflict-ravaged …
Fruit flies can lay their eggs in the skins of oranges meant for export. 4 April 2016, Rome - Invasive ants that devour crops, or the insidious "olive quick decline syndrome", which scorches leaves and withers branches, are just some of the …
Family farmers producing quinoa. 5 April 2016, Rome - Bolivian quinoa, spices from Cambodia and cocoa from Ecuador are but a few of the products coming sourced from small farmers in the global South that will now be sold in the bistros of the Italian and …
A woman dries sorghum in Panddap, Bahr El-Ghazal, which is one of South Sudan's states with the highest rates of malnutrition. 5 April 2016, Juba - Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing …
A women shops for food at a local market in Dakar, Senegal. 7 April 2016, Abidjan – Africa has made great strides in tackling hunger -- achieving a 30 percent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger over the 1990-2015 period -- but climate …
Farmers thresh paddy rice in Laos. 7 April 2016, Rome - World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2 521 million tonnes, just 0.2 percent off last year's large output and the third-highest global performance on record, according to FAO's …
Women farmers carrying bundles of harvested rice to be threshed, Kenema, Sierra Leone. 8 April 2016, Abidjan - Results achieved through Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) financed projects are adding momentum to the vision of Africa- Africa cooperation to …
Juvenile desert locust hoppers. 12 April 2016, Rome - The presence of recently discovered Desert Locust infestations in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control operations, poses a potential threat to crops in the region, FAO warned today. FAO …
Up to 80 percent or more of a farmer’s yield can be lost due to rust infections, making early detection crucial to preventing epidemics and limiting losses. 14 April 2016, Rome -- The ongoing spread of wheat rusts, a group of fungal plant diseases that …
A Google Earth training course at FAO this week. 15 April 2016, Rome--FAO and Google are working together to make high-resolution satellite data an everyday tool in managing the world's natural resources in a joint effort that is changing the way the …
