2021 Desertification and Drought Day

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The to be held on 17 June will focus onturning degraded land into healthy land. Restoring degraded land bringseconomic resilience, creates jobs, raises incomes and increases food security.It helps biodiversity to recover. It locks away the atmospheric carbon warmingthe Earth, slowing climate change. It can also lessen the impacts of climatechange and underpin a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.The to be held on 17June will focus on turning degraded land into healthy land. Restoring degr

Mar 5 202119:53

Forty-Six FAO Member Nations in Asia and the Pacific to chart a course for securing food systems and mitigating the effects of COVID-19 and climate change on agricultural sectors

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Forty-Six FAO Member Nations in Asia and the Pacific tochart a course for securing food systems and mitigating the effects of COVID-19and climate change on agricultural sectorsThe arrival of thenovel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has had a great impact on agriculture and foodsystems in Asia and the Pacific, a region already beset by climate and weatherrelated challenges, such as droughts and flooding.Supply chains havebeen disrupted, demand has dropped for certain foods, resulting in damage tonutriti

Aug 24 202016:20

FAO supports Iran to strengthen its national agricultural drought monitoring and early warning systems

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FAO supports Iran to strengthen its national agriculturaldrought monitoring and early warning systemsFAO assists Iran to establish a country-specific agricultural droughtmonitoring system, enabling the national authorities to detect periods of waterstress and forecast crop yields more accurately in the Urmia Lake basin.Tehran - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)organised a three-day workshop to equip Iranian experts with operationalknowledge and skills required to

Aug 22 202011:29

FAO: Promoting sustainable land management practices is critical to improve people’s livelihoods

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FAO Promoting sustainable land management practices iscritical to improve people’s livelihoodsFAO Celebrates World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2020 The Representationof the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in theIslamic Republic of Iran commemorates World Day to Combat Desertification andDrought 2020, highlighting the importance of promoting sustainable productionand consumption. During an eventhosted today Tuesday 16 June 2020 by the Forests, Ra

Jun 22 202019:22

FAO assists Iran in drought vulnerability and drought impact assessment in the Urmia Lake basin

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FAO assists Iran in drought vulnerability and drought impactassessment in the Urmia Lake basinA new report developed by the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations (FAO) sheds lights on potentially droughtvulnerable populations in the Urmia Lake basin. It also shows how droughtevents have resulted in agricultural production decline and livelihood loss inthe area. According to Mr Mohammad Vesal, a consultant in FAO and aScientist at the Sharif University of Technology who led this

Jun 21 202015:43

With Presence of Agriculture Minister” Desertification and Drought World Day Observed at FRWO’s Headquarters

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With Presence of Agriculture Minister” Desertification and Drought World Day Observed at FRWO’s Headquarters WCDC 2020 ceremony was observed in Iran at FRWO’s Headquarters on Tuesday 16th June with the theme of “Food. Feed. Fibre Sustainable Production and Consumption”, with focus on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation humanity’s relentless production and consumption, with presence of representatives of inter

Jun 16 202017:56

FAO provides an innovative approach for detailed crop mapping of Urmia Lake basin

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FAO provides an innovative approach for detailed cropmapping of Urmia Lake basin As part of ongoingknowledge-loaded efforts led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations (FAO) to help the Iranian policymakers in taking sound measuresto restore Urmia Lake, the Organization has partnered with Water Engineering ResearchInstitute of Tarbiat Modares University (WERI) to develop a pioneer reportfocused on providing a crop mapping for the Urmia Lake basin.Conducted in theframework o

Jun 14 202018:14

Production of 80% of the sugar needed by the country

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According to the information center of the ministry ofJihad-Agriculture, Alireza Yazdani by rejecting the claim made in some mediathat there was 600% increase in sugar imports to Iran this year, said that in2017, about 1 million 123 thousand tons of sugar beet and 872 thousand tons ofsugar cane were produced in total, amounting to 2 million and 15 thousand tonsof sugar in the country, and Iran achieved a historical record in theproduction of this product.He also added that in 2018, about 947 tho

Aug 11 201915:16

With the presence of the Minister of Agriculture Jahad: 106 watershed projects of Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province were opened

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Mahmoud Hojjati Minister of Agriculture Jahad visited the flood spreading project in Kolamoyi district, Lordegan city, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province. In this visit 106 watershed projects were opened simultaneously in the province. According to FRWO’s website, Ali Mohammadi Moghaddam, Director General of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Province said that some 175 billion RLs has been spent for the implementation of these projects. He also add

Jan 20 201922:23

Agriculture- Jahad Minister Emphasize the Biological Operation in Combating SDS

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Mahmoud Hojjati Agriculture Jahad Minister in a meeting with the officials of Sistan & Baluchistan Province with the presence of the Governor_ General of the province stressed the implementation of biological operation for the control of sand and dust storms in the region. According FRWO's website, Minister Hojjati said that based on studies carried out by research institutes, prioritization of areas for the immidiate implementation of biological operation should be started promptly. He emph

Jan 16 201914:07