Asian Development Bank headquarters. (Image source: Eugene Alvin Villar/Commons)
The Asian Development Banks (ADB) Board of Directors has approved US$50mn in additional financing to help boost agricultural productivity and improve smallholder farmers access to markets in 271 communes in Tonle Sap Basin, which is prone to natural disaster
Olga Averkieva is the business development manager in Nutriad. (Image source: Nutriad)
The feed additives specialist Nutriad has sponsored the first MycoKey International Conference that took place in Ghent, Belgium ifrom 11-14 Septemebr 2017, addressing mycotoxin contamination along the food and feed chain
A farmer with cattle in Cambodia which is sharing its successful experience in dealing with AMR. (Image source: FAO)
A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures, is required to ensure responsible use of antimicrobials so that they do not threaten public health and food production, as stated by FAO at a UN General Assembly side event on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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Far Eastern Agriculture has exclusively interviewed Ms Xiangjun Yao, Regional Programme Leader, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, to discuss the FAOs aims across Asia
Asia-Pacific action plan to promote urban forests’ role in achieving growth in the region. (Image source: Mark Hakansson/Flickr)
In the 2nd Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting (APUFM), held in Seoul from 13-15 September 2017, FAO has stated that the urban forests play an important role in making Asia-Pacific cities greener, healthier, happier and more resilient to climate change
