The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and…

Discussing ACP-EU rural development issues. The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the EU Presidency, the ACP Group, Concord, and other partners organize regular development Briefing sessions in Brussels on key issues and…

The principal function of the Regional Office for Africa is the overall identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the Region. It ensures a multi disciplinary approach to programmes; identify priority areas of action for the Organization in the Region and, in…

The principal function of the Regional Office for Africa is the overall identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the Region. It ensures a multi disciplinary approach to programmes; identify priority areas of action for the Organization in the Region and,…

While FAO is a global organization, it has over the years evidenced particular interest in the Asia-Pacific region as nearly two-thirds of the world's farmers reside in this region. Along with the expansion of membership, the range of FAO activities in Asia-Pacific has also widened. The…

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The national forest monitoring and assessment (NFMA) programme of FAO has been active since 2000 in a growing number of countries. What started as a series of pilot projects has now developed into full scale national forest monitoring assessments (NFMA) and integrated land use assessments (ILUA)

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