UN Food and Agricultural Organisation

Planned Spanish octopus farm stirs controversy

Nueva Pescanova: World’s First Octopus Farm Stirs Ethical Debate

Nathan Allen and Guillermo Martinez 24/02/2022

Previous efforts have struggled with high mortality, while attempts...

Workers in protective suits are seen by a truck at a Shuanghui plant following a discovery of pigs infected by the African swine fever (ASF), in Zhengzhou

African Swine Fever in China Almost Certain to Spread in Asia: FAO

Dominique Patton 07/09/2018

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation stated that the...

Farmers clear weeds from a trench, which retains water and prevents soil erosion during rains, as part of the FAO project to strengthen capacity of farms for climate change in Kiroka, Tanzania. Credit: FAO

How Agricultural Technology Can Adapt in a Warming World

IPS World Desk 30/04/2017

Climate-smart agriculture involves pursuing sustainable productivity increases while implementing...

Smart Technologies Key to Youth Involvement in Agriculture

Friday Phiri 25/08/2016

Besides increasing productivity, leaders are tasked to find ways...