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October 28, 2024

25 October 2024, COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the government of Norway, has taken a significant step toward enhancing resilience and sustainability in Sri Lanka’s fisheries sector by handing over a multi-day fishing boat equipped with advanced cooling technology and a fuel-saving bulbous bow. This […]

August 27, 2024

27 August 2024, COLOMBO – In a bid to combat the escalating challenges posed by climate change, Sri Lanka has commenced the formulation of its first Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Investment Plan. This landmark initiative, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in […]

July 25, 2024

25/07/2024, Bangkok, Thailand – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent regional efforts to combat a rise in avian influenza cases across the Asia-Pacific region. The appeal follows a consultation of regional experts in Bangkok, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centers for […]

June 27, 2024

Smallholder farmers report profits of over one million rupees per cultivation season from 0.25 acres of land after adopting GAP. 27 June 2024, COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) modernized farms and introduced Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to over 600 smallholder vegetable farmers in Badulla, Monaragala, and Mullaitivu districts. […]

April 25, 2024

25 April 2024, COLOMBO – The Japanese Government has provided a grant of US$3 million through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to strengthen inland fisheries and improve rural livelihoods in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries. The US$ 3 million initiative will bolster food and nutritional security and fortify resilience […]

March 7, 2024

07 March 2024, Polonnaruwa: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the European Union (EU), have launched a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing the knowledge and practices of Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (IPNM) among paddy farmers across Sri Lanka. This initiative is marked by […]

February 22, 2024

22/02/2024, Colombo – Forty countries from the Asia and Pacific region today agreed that transforming agrifood systems was imperative to providing food security for their children’s generation and beyond, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The summation was delivered at today’s close of the 37th Session of the FAO […]

February 21, 2024

How to transform agrifood systems and act as global agent of change the key focus 20/02/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – How to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which our food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling its own all-too persistent problems of hunger and poverty – […]

February 21, 2024

20/02/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General and Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries inaugurated the 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific today with Government Ministers and Heads of Delegations from as many as 46 Member Nations. Hon. […]

February 19, 2024

18/02/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, arrived on Sunday in Sri Lanka for a three-day visit to participate in the 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific. Government Ministers and Heads of Delegations from as many as 46 Member Nations are gathering in Colombo for the […]

FAO Introduces Innovative Technologies to Build Resilience in Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Sector

Sri Lanka Advances Climate Resilience with FAO’s Initiative on First Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan

FAO urges immediate action as new variants of avian influenza threaten Asia and the Pacific

FAO’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Initiative Boosts Modernization, Elevates Farmers’ Livelihoods

Japan Provides US$ 3 Million Through FAO to Strengthen Inland Fisheries and Improve Rural Livelihoods in Sri Lanka

Empowering Sri Lankan Paddy Farmers through Innovative Learning: Launch of Farmer Field Days and Nena Wagawa Digital Platform

As the world recovers from pandemic, and continues to combat climate change, forty Asia-Pacific countries unite for an agrifood systems transformation to ensure food security of future generations

37th Session of FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific officially opens

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and FAO Director-General inaugurate 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific.

FAO’s Director-General Arrives in Sri Lanka to Inaugurate UN FAO Conference on the Recovery and Reform of Agrifood Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region for Future Food Security.