Use of algae can reduce antibiotics in livestock farming. (Tim Button/Flickr)
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
The programme aims to increase employment opportunities for youths in Samoa. (Image source: Walmart/Flickr)
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
Asia-Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics will help Pacific Island countries in data gathering. (Image source: Asian Development Bank/Flickr)
FAOs Asia-Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics said it would help Pacific Island countries in monitoring their progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Focus shall be on protecting agricultural from extreme weather conditions, said FAO. (Image source: M M/FLickr)
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)
Agriculture in Myanmar is expected to be benefitted from the new policy. (Image source: Michael Coghlan/Flickr)
The Myanmar government has launched a Development Assistance Policy (DAP), aiming to effectively channel aid funds that are provided by international agencies to develop the country’s various sectors including agriculture
