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Iran’s nuclear agriculture center awarded by FAO, IAEA
London, IRNA - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave an Outstanding Achievements Award to Iran’s Nuclear Agricultural Research School.
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FAO ready to transform Agri-Food systems
Tehran, IRNA - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has entered a new era with a new structure and new dynamics. The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are approaching; we have to change our agri-food systems urgently and holistically, FAO chief said.
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FAO, Iran start joint programme to reinvigorate agricultural innovation
Tehran, Feb 14, IRNA - To strengthen Iranian national capacity in addressing emerging challenges in food and nutrition security, agricultural productivity, and environmental conservation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close collaboration with the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), take the first step to establish an Agricultural Innovation Lab (i-Lab) Programme in the country.
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FAO empowers farmers to improve agriculture water productivity in Iran
Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA – FAO provides Iranian farmers with learning opportunities on handling low water productivity challenges, monitoring local water resources, and adopting an optimal crops pattern, to increase farm-household income and reduce water withdrawal.
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FAO empowers farmers to improve agriculture water productivity in Iran
Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA – FAO provides Iranian farmers with learning opportunities on handling low water productivity challenges, monitoring local water resources, and adopting an optimal crops pattern, to increase farm-household income and reduce water withdrawal.
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Iranian kid grabs award in World Food Day 2020 Poster Contest
Tehran, Dec 22, IRNA – Iranian kid Atrin Afshari Tavana ranked first in 5-8 age range category of World Food Day 2020 Poster Contest.
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FAO to support Iranian experts in developing and appraising green projects
Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of its ongoing efforts in supporting Iran to enhance its national capabilities to adapt and mitigate climate change, provides another training opportunity for Iranian experts, enhancing their knowledge and skills to scale up climate investment for the agricultural and rural development sectors, leverage partnerships with global funding bodies, and build climate-resilient development pathways.
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FAO ready to support Iran in taking innovative actions to ensure sustainable healthy biodiverse soils
Tehran, Dec 7, IRNA - Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Iran, in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture Jahad commemorates World Soil Day 2020, underscoring the prominence of Soil Biodiversity and its central role for sustainability of life on Earth and ensure the food and nutrition security.
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FAO, WHO warning risk of Antimicrobial Resistance
Tehran, Nov 24, IRNA - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is not only responsible for the death of 700 000 people a year across the world, but also compromises food safety, contaminates soil and water and reduces effectiveness of medicines and medical treatment, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) warn.
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FAO supplies Iran with more desert locust equipment
Tehran, Nov 22 , IRNA – As part of concerted actions coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support the locust control in the five countries of Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, FAO delivers the 4th shipment of pest control equipment to Iran’s Plant Protection Organization.
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FAO kickstarts project on improvement of Iranian agro-rural capacities for disaster risk management
Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture Jahad (MAJ), started implementation of a Technical Cooperation Programme project to enhance resilience of Iranian rural communities and agricultural systems and contribute to prevention and mitigation of the effects of extreme climatic events.
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FAO boosts Iranian experts’ knowledge of agricultural water saving, productivity
Tehran, Oct 26, IRNA - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of its multilateral project to support Iran in reducing the agriculture water consumption in the Lake Urmia basin, equips Iranian experts with the requisite knowledge and skills to implement the advanced approach of Real Water Savings (REWAS) in the agriculture sector.
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FAO mission still as relevant as 75 years ago: Director General
Tehran, Oct 16, IRNA – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stressed the sensitive and still relevant mission of the organization.
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FAO warns on devastating effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations
Tehran, Oct 13, IRNA – The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called on all involved stakeholders across the world to link arms to urgently address the nutritional and livelihoods gaps that have engulfed the most vulnerable groups of populations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on the occasion of the World Food Day.
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FAO supports Iran to strengthen capacity of nat'l and local stakeholders on climate finance
Tehran, Oct 6, IRNA – To provide an inclusive platform to address climate-related issues in Iran, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Environment (DOE), as the National Designated Authority (NDA) of Green Climate Fund (GCF), partnered to bring together and build capacity of around 100 local, national and international stakeholders to discuss climate finance.
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Iran, Near Eastern countries expanding mutual coordination
Tehran, Sept 23, IRNA – The Near East and North Africa region is not on track to eliminate hunger and malnutrition; hunger is on the rise in the region; overweight and obesity levels amongst adults and children are spiraling upwards, and the COVID-19 pandemic affects both food security and livelihoods; these are among the major challenges highlighted at the 35th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East.
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FAO elaborates on programme to overcome impacts of COVID-19
Tehran, Sept 10, IRNA - The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has elaborated on a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration.
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Iranian minister briefs Asia-Pacific conference on Iran’s agricultural achievements
Tehran, Sept 5, IRNA – Iranian Minister for Agriculture Jahad Kazem Khavazi briefed the participants of the 35th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific on the achievements made by Iran in the agricultural sector, according to FAO office in Tehran.
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Iran, Asian nations discuss solutions to tackle agriculture development challenges
Tehran, Sept 1, IRNA - To address the most immediate threats posed to the agriculture sector and rural development in the Asia and the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convene a conference.
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FAO supports Iran to strengthen its nat'l agricultural drought monitoring
Tehran, Aug 19, IRNA - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a three-day workshop to equip Iranian experts with operational knowledge and skills required to establish a country-level Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS).
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FAO supplies Iran with more equipment to fight locust
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivers two more consignments of desert locust control equipment and materials to Iran to further enhance national technical capacity to prevent and decrease the damages caused by this migratory pest.
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FAO urges innovative policies in Asia-Pacific to ensure food security, nutrition in pandemic era
Tehran, June 24, IRNA - The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations warned that the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 requires a greater coordinated response on many policy levels, particularly to ensure food and nutrition security of billions of people in the vast Asia-Pacific region.
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FAO highlights importance of promoting sustainable land management practices
Tehran, June 16, IRNA - The Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Islamic Republic of Iran commemorates World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2020, highlighting the importance of promoting sustainable production and consumption.
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FAO: Multiple impact of COVID-19, desert locust will fuel hunger in Asia, the Pacific
Tehran, June 6, IRNA – While the world fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, the worst pandemic experienced in a century, countries in South and Southwest Asia are simultaneously responding to plagues of pests which threaten to worsen hunger and the livelihoods of millions of people, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned.
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FAO delivers first batch of desert locust control supplies to Iran
Tehran, May 27, IRNA- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday in the scheme of an emergency technical cooperation project, supplied necessary pesticide sprayers to Iran to assist the country in its effort to control the unprecedented desert locust infestation.
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Two Iranian academicians coauthor book for FAO
Tehran, May 10, IRNA – Two professors of the Agriculture Department of the University of Tehran had an active role in writing a book for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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FAO warns of adverse effects of coronavirus
Tehran, April 13, IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that in many countries informal labourers, vulnerable urban populations and others that rely heavily on the market are likely to be hit by the adverse effects of the COVID-19.
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FAO funds emergency Cooperation Program in Iran to control desert locust
Tehran, March 19, IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announced that due to the worst desert locust outbreak in 25 years across East Africa and South-West Asia, FAO and Iran’s Plant Protection Organization (PPO) signed an emergency Technical Cooperation Program (TCP) project to enhance the country’s technical capacity for early warning, monitoring and management of desert locust.
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FAO extends its support and advice in addressing COVID-19 outbreak
Tehran, March 2, IRNA - FAO is working to measure the impact on smallholder farmer’s livelihood. FAO is also collaborating closely with its partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, to assist in identifying the potential animal hosts of this virus. FAO Office in Tehran announced on Monday.
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FAO: Asia-Pacific region requires more data to assure progress in agricultural systems
Tehran, Feb 10, IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urges its member countries to accelerate improvements of agricultural data to ensure the targets set out by the UN to achieve sustainable development are accurately reported in the world’s biggest region – Asia and the Pacific.