On World Bee Day 2024, experts called on young people to learn about the vital role of bees and pollinators as well as the traditional and high-tech beekeeping to safeguard the vital role these small creatures play in agriculture, ecological balance, and biodiversity preservation.
FAO and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation join hands for improving food security in Pakistan
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) signed an agreement to develop the first national State...
World Food Day highlights that climate is changing and that food and agriculture must too
To mark the World Food Day 2016, a ceremony was held at the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. The theme for World Food Day this...
Wool value chain development will facilitate economic development and is an important step towards development of Pakistan: Siddique Mandokhel, Secretary Livestock
ISLAMABAD - A consultation session was organized in Islamabad today to seek suggestions and recommendations for the best way...
Geospatial forestry information is a first step in almost real-time natural resources management revolution
ROME (Italy) -- 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...
Program funded by UN, ILO, FAO and Pakistan Government help generate self-employment opportunities leading to creation of viable micro-enterprises
DADU (Pakistan) - ‘’I’m going to re-establish my own beauty parlor that is going to be able to provide services that would normally be...
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - As families return to their homes in FATA region, there is an urgent need to tackle livelihoods and food security situation in the region to support the returnee populations’ sustainable path to stability and prosperity, experts...
Partnership enhances ability to assess changing forest and to estimate greenhouse gas emissions
PARIS (France) - Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to...
ISLAMABAD - The Government of Japan has agreed to fund the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to implement a project worth about 5 million USD (approximately 507 million PKR) for the recovery and development of...
Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.