Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological phenomena have increased the need for precise weather data. With careful planning and research, agromete

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continues to protect the lives and livelihoods of conflict-affected people. Households from 52 settlements along the “contact line” will be provided with day-old chickens and animal feed. T

Stronger, more efficient promotion of agrifood products and new methodologies and indicators in agriculture and rural statistics are among the positive changes expected during the implementation of two new FAO projects in Republic of Moldova. The project

Northern Montenegro is a culinary treasure trove. There, one can feast on traditional dishes not found elsewhere in the country – like locally raised lamb stewed in milk, or kacamak, a typical porridge made with local buckwheat. But the region’s gastrono

The International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat, housed at FAO headquarters in Rome, in collaboration with the Government of Armenia, is holding a workshop on 24 to 26 July, as part of an FAO project on the production of grape phylloxera-resista

Every morning at dawn, Khojamiyor Umarov leaves his house in the Mastchoh district of Tajikistan and rides his motorbike through the small hills and rocky terrain of this agrarian area in the northern part of the country. As he has done for more than 20 years, he is checking the fields for locusts.

A number of civil society organizations conducted a seminar for the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia on 5 July, focusing on the UN Declaration of the Rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. Organizations included the Eur

For effective investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) represents a new partner for North Macedonia. To successfully engage with the Fund, strong institutional framework, active engagement and in-country coordi

Young people have key roles to play in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. With this in mind, FAO is actively trying to involve young people in taking actions for a better future. One of the ways recent FAO has done this is through

Turkey’s limited agricultural land is increasingly affected by competition from mutually exclusive land uses. Demands on the land for cropping, grazing, forestry and industrial and urban development are greater than the land resources available, especiall