The events aimed to promote brown rice as an agroenterprise venture and as a healthy option for consumption. (Image source: ehpien/Flickr)
RiceBIS Negros Agrarian Reform Cooperative (RiceBIS NARCO), Sitio Timawa Farming Association (STOFA) and Tison-Aida Farmers Association (TAFA) in Negros Occidental in the Philippines reached a number of stakeholders through the brown rice agro-enterprise day and feeding programme
The project also provides assistance to school canteens and food vendors to improve methods of processing local food items into value added products. (Image source: Rajarshi MITRA/Flickr)
Farmers and farmers’ groups in Guadalcanal, Malaita and Temotu provinces in Solomon Islands have completed training on improving production and farm management practices
During their stay in Taiwan, the COA has also arranged a trip to the 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition to show them Taiwan’s development of agriculture, hoping that the Taiwan experience will help the MADFK develop and grow. (Image source: Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture)
To implement the Taiwan-Indonesia collaborative project of Modern Agriculture Demo Farm in Karawang (MADFK), the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has sent a team comprising 30 farmers and officials to Taiwan for a 15-day long training
Food Insecurity is one of the most pressing challenges in Afghanistan and the agricultural assistance project is expected to contribute to improved access to nutritious food as well as to better livelihoods. (Image source: US Department of Agriculture/Flickr)
With the approval of the government of Afghanistan, the Republic of Korea and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to provide emergency assistance to about 5,800 drought-affected vulnerable farming families in two of the worst drought-affected provinces, Ghor and Badghis
Employment for youth is a big challenge for Samoa. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has organised a workshop to address employment challenges for the youth of Samoa and build the capacity of young farmers on agribusiness management
