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The Argan tree and its landscapes contribute to...
🔸 food security
🔸 nutrition
🔸 income generation
🔸 livelihoods of rural communities
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#ArganiaDay #SDG12 #GlobalGoals
🤔 How can financial institutions make #ClimateFinance work for #agriculture ?
Recently in #Cambodia 🇰🇭, Prasun Kumar Das, APRACA’s Secretary-General shared his insights ⬇️
Supported by Green Climate Fund
Join us #today at the #STIForum for a crucial Food and Agriculture Organization side event on leveraging Science, Tech & Innovation for efficient, inclusive & sustainable agrifood systems to achieve #SDG2 & a hunger-free world!
🌱You can still register ➡️fao.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#AgInnovation #Tech4SDGs
Celebrating #EuropeDay with a glimpse into the future of sustainable farming in #SriLanka ! 🇱🇰 🇪🇺
Watch our video from a recent Farmer Field Day introducing 'Nena Wagawa', an E-learning platform by Food and Agriculture Organization & EU in Sri Lanka, empowering farmers through sustainable paddy cultivation.
Day 2 of Regional AMR Surveillance Workshop funded by EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐: Quadripartite work was shared on Antimicrobial Resistance & Use #AMR & #AMU , & participants worked on benchmarking country capacity for sectoral & integrated surveillance, paving the way for future support to members.
Visit of U.S. Ambassador to UN Agencies in Rome Jeffrey Prescott to 🇧🇩 highlighted impact & challenges Rohingya refugees & host communities face.
Journalists from CNN, Forbes, RAI TV, Nikkei Asia, Jamuna TV, Thomson Reuters, & The Guardian witnessed firsthand efforts of Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Programme & International Fund for Agricultural Development in Cox's Bazar.
#HappeningNow
FAO Asia Pacific #ECTAD is holding a regional technical consultation for #AfricanSwineFever in Seoul 🇰🇷to develop practical approaches to minimize #ASF 's impact in Asia-Pacific.
Thanks to FAO in the Republic of Korea 농림축산식품부 & Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 for their support.
#SafetyOfOneSafetyForAll
.농림축산식품부 supports regional action against #AfricanSwineFever . 🌎
With support from FAO in the Republic of Korea, FAO Asia Pacific brings together 18 Asia-Pacific countries to share knowledge and develop effective ASF management strategies.
Enhancing sector-specific & integrated surveillance for #AMR & #AMU is crucial to generating quality data, evidence & policy making.
With EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐 funding, Food and Agriculture Organization World Health Organization (WHO) & World Organisation for Animal Health kick off Regional Benchmarking Workshop on AMR Surveillance, engaging 100+ participants & global experts.
How to rebuild a person's livelihood?
Providing wheat seeds is one of the ways.
This is how the EU and Food and Agriculture Organization have helped Abdullah and other vulnerable farmers in Afghanistan get back on their feet after a moment of crisis.
See how Food and Agriculture Organization is developing better #AnticipatoryAction systems to assess flash flood risks and provide timely mobile alerts to at-risk farmers 👇
FAO attended a workshop organized by Bangladesh Agricultural University focusing on capacity development for a holistic #pesticide management system that will help to achieve
🎋 Responsible resource management
🍲Sustainable food production
🟢Good agricultural practices
Our world is made of an invisible web.
Loss of species weakens this web & can alter an entire ecosystem, & this affects us too.
Take pollinators for example. Without them, most of our food wouldn't exist.
Food and Agriculture Organization's work to protect #biodiversity 👉 bit.ly/3Fkqo1s
I welcome the United Nations resolution declaring 2026 #YearOfTheWomanFarmer . Women are key actors in agrifood systems & the year will provide an opportunity to highlight their pivotal role in ensuring the economic survival of their families & contributing to rural & national economies.
.Food and Agriculture Organization applauds the UN General Assembly's decision declaring 2026 as the International Year Of The Woman Farmer
#YearOfTheWomanFarmer
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