The 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began in Dhaka on Tuesday focusing on four areas of regional cooperation, including a sustainable agri-food system. Addressing the inaugural session of the conference, FAO Assistant Director-General
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Bangladesh, 37 others meet UN target on hunger eradication: FAO
Thirty-eight countries, including Bangladesh, have already met internationally-set hunger eradication targets set for 2015 to halve the percentage of hungry people, according to Food and Agricultural Organisation. ‘These countries are leading the way to a better future.
Bangladesh among top rice-eaters
Bangladesh stands fourth in per-capita rice consumption in the world, show data prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Brunei Darussalam tops the list with per-capita rice consumption of 245 kilograms a year, according to Faostat, a regular food supply data prepared by the
10 fibre-reinforced plastic boats for 50 fishermen in Savar
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday in Savar handed over 10 boats, made of fibre-reinforced plastic, to 50 fishermen, one for five men, of the southwestern districts. FAO delivered the boats as a part of its project — ‘Support to Assist Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers to Overcome Soaring Input and Food Prices in Impoverished ... Read more