FAO releases a comprehensive guide to sustainable cricket farming

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FAO releases a comprehensive guide to sustainable cricketfarming Consumer interestin edible insects has been rising in recent years and that has driven atraditional, but local, industry in Southeast Asia to expand to meet increasingglobal demand.To ensure therapidly increasing supply can adequately respond to international food safetyconcerns (and ensure sustainable practices), the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration withThailand’s Khon Kaen Unive

Jan 11 202120:08

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition

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FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transformagri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition Turning therecovery from COVID-19 into an opportunity for cities to become moresustainable, resilient, and provide access to healthy foods for allA farmer working atan urban garden, in Rome, Italy.FAO unveiled todayits new Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan to help transform agri-foodsystems, end hunger and improve nutrition in and around the cities in a postCOVID-19 era. The launch too

Oct 19 202010:32

Development of wood cultivation with unconventional water is on the agenda of the Forest Organization

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Development of wood cultivation with unconventional water isonthe agenda of the Forest OrganizationThe executive director of wood agriculture development ofthe country's Forests, Rangelands and Watershed Management Organization,referring to the importance of wood agriculture development in the country,said that The use of unconventional water for the development of woodcultivation is on the agenda of the Forests and Rangelands Organization. Javad Mir-Arab Razi,at a joint meeting of the Forests O

Oct 11 202013:36

FRWO and FAO Sign MoU on Combat SDSs

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FRWO and FAO Sign MoU on CombatSDSsForests, Range, and Watershedmanagement Organization (FRWO) of Iran and the United Nations Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) onSunday, 13 September to eradicate sand and dust storm (SDS) hotspots in thecountry. Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO) of Iran and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday, 13 September, to eradi

Sep 29 202014:43

Development of 60,000 hectares of gardens on sloping lands by the end of the 12th government

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Development of 60,000 hectares of gardens on sloping landsby the end of the 12th governmentThe head of the country's Forests, Rangelands and WatershedManagement Organization announced plans to develop 60,000 hectares of orchardson sloping lands.Masoud Mansour at the ceremony of exploiting the nationalplans of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture stated From the 2017 to the 2019crop year, the development plan for rainfed orchards on sloping lands has beenimplemented at the level of 61,000 hectares,

Sep 20 202018:43

Asia-Pacific countries pledged bold and innovative action for food security and livelihoods

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Asia-Pacific countries pledged bold and innovative actionfor food security and livelihoodsFAO regionalconference focused on rebound from damage of COVID-19Innovation,solidarity, coherence and strong partnership among and within countries of Asiaand the Pacific are required for the region to rebound from the damage causedby COVID-19 and the ongoing effects of chronic undernourishment.That was a callmade by more than 40 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations

Sep 16 202020:57

FAO Regional Conference calls for greater action to tackle COVID-19’s impacts across Asia and the Pacific

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FAO Regional Conference calls for greater action to tackleCOVID-19’s impacts across Asia and the PacificMinisterial Sessionhighlights the importance of supporting the livelihoods of the most vulnerablepeople through sustained and stronger collaborationOn the third day ofthe FAO Regional Conference for Asia-Pacific, the FAODirector-General QU Dongyu, Government Ministers as well as civil society andprivate sector representatives voiced concern over COVID-19's impacts on thefood security and

Sep 13 202016:54

Establishment of pollination headquarters for leaps in agricultural production

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Establishment of pollination headquarters for leaps inagricultural productionThe executor of the country's beekeeping development plansaid With the agreement of the Minister of Jihad-Agriculture, the pollinationheadquarters will be formed in order to increase the quantity and quality ofagricultural, horticultural, forest and rangeland production. Farhad Moshir Ghaffariadded that By forming a pollination headquarters and establishing bee coloniesin agricultural and garden lands, we will make a le

Sep 13 202016:17

Hundreds of millions of family farmers in Asia-Pacific need help to ensure food security in the face of pandemic

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Asia-Pacific’ssmallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they arefacing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due tothe present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groupswarned today.The COVID-19 impacton the region’s rural communities, and particularly those in developingcountries, has resulted in economic slowdown and stagnation. The pandemichas exposed vulnerabilities and inequalities within and among co

Aug 1 202017:26

Aquifer management: Water saving in the land bank

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Water saving in the land bank The Director General of the Office of Flood and AquiferControl of the Forests, Rangelands and Watershed Management Organization of thecountry, referring to the importance and necessity of aquifer management inorder to further infiltrate rainfall and floods into the earth, said The totalpermeable lands and large grain alluvium of the country have the capacity tostore more than 40 billion cubic meters of rainfall and floods per year, whichinvesting in this area, in ad

Jun 27 202015:19