FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with His Excellency José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, during his official visit to the country.

As he wrapped up a two-day visit to Timor-Leste, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited the country’s well-known Mangrove Study Center, a coastal botanical garden covering an area of 52 hectares in Hera, east of the capital.

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and His Excellency Marcos da Cruz, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, met today in Dili during an official visit by the FAO Director-General. 

The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, at the Government Palace in Dili.

Wewak, Papua New Guinea – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, is supporting efforts to transform the agricultural landscape of the Sepik region. Central to this transformation is the recent establishment of a new Resource Centre ...

In rural Cambodia, two hours outside of th...

Bangkok, Thailand – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent regional efforts to combat a rise in avian influenza cases across the Asia-Pacific region. The appeal follows a consultation of regional experts in Bangkok, supported by...

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Invited by the Mongolian Government to pay an official visit, the Direc...

Wellington, New Zealand – A delegation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) cocoa farmers and chocolate makers have successfully concluded a visit to New Zealand, organized and supported by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme. This initiative, designed to boost the profile of PNG's ethically pro...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has shared the latest tools and techniques to support data collection from satellite imagery for monitoring forests with experts across Southeast Asia, including for the subre...

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World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released today. 

The 2024 ...

Aquaculture surpasses capture fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 says

As environmental concerns escalate, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is intensifying efforts to restore degraded lands globally, with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific region. This crucial initiative was highlighted during a webinar titled “Restoration for a Better Environment,” held today on World Environment Day (5 June).

In the largest and hungriest region of the world, agricultural and food statisticians in Asia and the Pacific aim to use innovations in data collection and other new approaches to reduce hunger and improve access to affordable, health diets across the region, the Food and Agriculture Organizat...

Two Pacific small island states are set to benefit from a new wave of global funding to help countries protect and prosper from biodiversity.  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will implement projects in Palau and Samoa with financing from the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Celebration also provides a space for coffee sector