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FAO:

3m undernourished people in Asia-Pacific need to be lifted out of hunger every month

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – According to the latest report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), nearly half-a-billion undernourished people living in Asia and the Pacific need to be lifted out of hunger each month from now on.

FAO, ULRP hold workshop on evapotranspiration mapping in Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP) held a 4-day workshop for Iranian experts on advanced methods to map evapotranspiration of agricultural areas using remote sensing satellite data. 

FAO calls for sustainable management of soil resources

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a statement marking the World Soil Day, in which the top organization draws attention to the importance of healthy soil and sustainable management of soil resources.

FAO reaffirms readiness to assist Iran in sustainable soil management

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran Gerold Bödeker said that the Organization is looking forward to furthering its collaboration with the government of Iran in the sustainable management of soil and natural resources.

FAO assists Iran in improving agriculture monitoring systems via satellite imagery

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has assisted Iran in improving agriculture monitoring systems through satellite imagery.

FAO takes step forward to assist Iran in Urmia Lake's drought management

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – In the line of the Integrated Programme for Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Urmia Lake basin, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with Iran’s Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center (ASMERC) held a validation workshop to examine the newly developed Combined Drought Index (CDI) for Urmia Lake basin.

FAO, UN partners warn of disproportional impacts of climate change on land use, food security in Asia-Pacific

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Asia’s vast landmass and growing cities are warming faster than the global average and that will have a disproportional impact on food security and livelihoods for billions of people across the region, FAO and its UN partners warned today.

World food prices dip in August

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) –Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

FAO highlights potential of genetic improvements in aquaculture for better food security

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Wider, appropriate and long-term application of genetic improvement in aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will help boost food production to meet a projected increase in demand for fish and fish products with relatively little extra feed, land, water and other inputs.

FAO, DOE launch joint program to access Green Climate Fund for adaptation, mitigation actions

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Department of Environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran (DOE) held the Inception Workshop of the “Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme” that aims to access climate finance to implement its commitments to reducing emission and strengthening resilience.

FAO warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen and the Horn of Africa; highlights Iran’s control operations

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) –Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas of Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia and northern Somalia during the next three months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned today.

FAO investigating locust breakout in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Head of Iran Plant Protection Organization Mohammad Reza Dargahi said on Wednesday that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is investigating the recent outbreak of desert locusts in the country.

Iran’s saffron cultivation system recognized as ‘cultural heritage’ by FAO

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The saffron farming system based on Qanat irrigation in the Iranian city of Gonabad, Khorosan Razavi province, has won the recognition of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as ‘agricultural cultural heritage’.

Iran, FAO to sign MoU on watershed management

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Iran and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will sign a memorandum of understanding on watershed management by the end of this year.

Iran FM, FAO representative meet in Tehran

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and new FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran Gerold Boedeker met on Monday in Tehran.

Iran to kick off coop. with FAO

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hossein Shirzad lashed out at Iran’s meager share in saffron production in the international level and revealed the start of cooperation between Iranian Rural Cooperatives Central Organization and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the field of saffron value chain.

Deputy Agriculture min.:

Iran, FAO have joint plan on protecting forests

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – The 24th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 24) entitled “High-Level Discourse on Forests and Goals of Sustainable Development” kicked off in Rome, Italy in the presence of more than 120 countries including Iran.

Iran ranked 1st to 5th in farming some aquatic animals in world

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi said that Iran is ranked first to fifth in raising some species of aquatic animals.

FAO assists Iran to strengthen capacities toward sustainable growth of oilseed crops

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a two-week (19 February - 2 March 2018) special training course in Brazil for the top Iranian experts in the field of agriculture to improve the existing national knowledge on oilseed production and strengthen its capacity in the country.

FAO hosts workshop on challenges similar to Lake Urmia restoration

TEHRAN, Feb.1 (MNA) – FAO headquarters in Rome hosted a group of international experts that specialize in social-ecological systems to discuss a number of case studies including the Lake Urmia Restoration program.

FAO urges further actions to save Oaks, Boxwood trees in Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for further actions to save Oaks and Boxwood trees in Zagros and Caspian forests of Iran.

FAO, agriculture ministry celebrate soil day in Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Iranian Agriculture Ministry marked the World Soil Day 2017 in Tehran.

FAO calls for stronger collaboration on transboundary animal diseases

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Chief veterinary officers and experts from the Governments of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan today sat around a table in Tehran to form the first Quadrilateral collaboration meeting for addressing Transboundary Animal Diseases and strengthen harmonized actions on this issue.

FAO highlights rural-urban connections to reduce hunger

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in the coming decades need not flee rural areas to escape poverty, argues a new FAO report published today.

FAO calls for fighting against illegal fishing

VALLETTA, Oct. 07 (MNA) – FAO general director Jose Graziano da Silva said today that all countries should join the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) to guarantee the success of the fight against illegal fishing.

UN report:

World hunger again on rise driven by conflict, climate change

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today.

Global cereal output heading for new record

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect of bumper cereal harvests pushed up expectations for larger grain inventories.

FAO promotes food education in Syrian schools

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – FAO and the. European Union promote food and nutrition education for the Syrian children through school gardens as the most vulnerable people to malnutrition in the war-torn country.