Recently, FAO launched a new podcast dubbed as “TARGET:Zero Hunger”. This is to present the insights regarding the global conerns on food and agriculture worldwide. The series is composed of bi-weekly episodes on the stories, issues and policies that are the root of global food security. Below are the list of episodes: TZH01: Producing food in times of crisis: a look inside FAO’s work in emergencies TZH02: Catching food fraudsters
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) will conduct a three-day workshop on interactive community radio to enhance food security and family farming in Asia-Pacific. It will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 19-21, 2016. FAO reported in 2015 that 490 million people are still suffering chronic hunger in Asia and the Pacific region, which is also home to
Participatory communication is a powerful means to enable the informed and active engagement of individuals and groups in decisions that affect their life. This is the case also with land tenure, and is the focus of a FAO Communication for Development initiative to support the recognition and responsible governance of communal land in Guatemala. Over 1.5 million hectares, 15% of the national territory, is owned collectively, often under traditional or customary tenure systems. Communal lands are in fact
FAO is pleased to announce the launch of its e-learning course on Communication for Rural Development! By promoting training in ComDev, FAO hopes to continue building capacity in the use of participatory approaches to address the knowledge and information needs of rural stakeholders and to facilitate their active involvement in development initiatives. Communication for Development (ComDev) has proven to be a key element in improving the effectiveness and sustainability of development
FAO is inviting everyone to take part in this eLearning course that aims to raise awareness and build knowledge among agricultural stakeholders about the importance of addressing child labour in various fields of agricultre. Its objectives are to build specific skills depending on work-related responsibilties and tasks and/or interests, by providing concrete ideas and guidance that can be applied in real life agricultural policy and programming situations. This course is
This year, one of the goals of the International Year of the Pulses is to encourage the people to consume these nutritious seeds. In order to address this, FAO will be featuring pulses-based recipes on their website and Facebook page. By submitting your own pulses-based recipes, the followers of FAO’s website and social media channels will be able to access and read your creations. The authors will be given proper credit for all
The importance of peace for food security was highlighted during the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East on 3 May 2016 in Rome, Italy. Representatives from 25 countries in the Near East and North Africa reaffirmed their commitment to fight hunger through a declaration that highlighted “the need for stability and peace for any development effort to bear fruits in the short, medium, and long term.” According to these
A recent study on street food vending in Ghana conducted by FAO showed that it is dominated by women. The said survey showed that with the estimated 8000 to 10000 street food vendors in Accra, Ghana, at least 90% are women. Majority are between 25 to 45 years old and most of them rely on family or personal money to fund their enterprises. This is a considered a time-consuming business since vendors
As part of the continued partnership of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC), their respectively Office of Corporate Communication join forces again this year to facilitate the production of 40 audio pieces by producers and community radio journalists. The international audio series dubbed as “Communicating Development” will facilitate access to the following: Best management practices Increase public education Encourage dissemination of
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Indigenous Peoples group is now open to submissions of design and visual artwork. The team works together with indigenous peoples toward the goal of ending discrimination, and recognising the value of traditional indigenous knowledge in nature management, food systems and sustainable agricultural practices, among others. In this light, the team is working to strengthen its communication strategy using images that reflect indigenous peoples’ views of the world as
