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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 […]

January 31, 2024

31/01/2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka – A major multilateral conference opened today in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo which aims to transform the Asia-Pacific region’s agrifood systems, after multiple human and economic crises have set back progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those to end hunger and poverty and reduce inequalities (SDGs 2, 1, […]

January 10, 2024

10 January 2024, Colombo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have partnered with the Sri Lanka Ministry of Agriculture in a (US) $9.2-million activity to continue revitalizing agriculture in Sri Lanka by enhancing paddy productivity, diversifying crops […]

December 14, 2023

14 December 2023, Colombo: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over two specially designed climate resilient fishing boats and 30 modified fish display stalls to the Ministry of Fisheries, in line with FAO’s commitment to sustainable development and addressing climate change challenges. The SL20 and SL23 fishing […]

November 20, 2023

Colombo, 20 November 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Department of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka with funding from the European Union (EU) recently launched a Farmer Field Schools Programme to train 6,000 smallholder paddy farmers across four key rice-growing […]

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.

High-level international UN FAO conference convenes to guide recovery and reforms of agrifood systems in Asia-Pacific for future food security

FAO, USAID, and Ministry of Agriculture Partner to Continue Agriculture Sector Revitalization

FAO Delivers Climate Resilient ‘Unsinkable’ Boats and Model Fish Display Stalls to Strengthen Fisheries Sector

6,000 Paddy Farmers to be Trained on Sustainable Cultivation with FAO and EU Support.