About 40 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have united to improve nutrition, eradicate hunger and coordinate approaches to tackle the effects of climate change on the region’s agricultural sectors
Agriculture
Algae boost the immune system of animals, reduce use of antibiotics in livestock farming
As the marine algae business is growing fast and attracting increasing attention due to the nutritional quality of algae and the abundance of bioactive molecules, it offers a potential for applications, especially in the human food and animal feed sectors
Increasing employment opportunities in agriculture in Samoa
In an effort to curb youth unemployment in Samoa, young farmers in Samoa are equipping themselves with skills that will help them gain employment in agriculture
FAO body to help Pacific Island countries gather agriculture-related statistics
FAOs Asia-Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics said it would help Pacific Island countries in monitoring their progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Asia-Pacific needs to focus on protecting agriculture from climate change
While climate change and extreme weather events are impacting the environment in many ways, agriculture and food production in Asia and the Pacific are among those hardest hit and must be first in line to defend, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)