Archive for June 2016

Shrimp farming sector looks for consensus on ways to battle trans-continental disease Governments, scientists and producers have expressed the need for a consensus on ways to fight a deadly disease that continues to seriously threaten the world’s shrimp farming sector. Outbreaks of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), commonly known as “early mortality syndrome” (EMS), caught…

China and FAO strengthen south-south cooperation pledging to leverage agricultural expertise for the benefit of all The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have announced plans to intensify their partnership in south-south cooperation activities, FAO announced today. After decades of successful collaboration, China…

Investment in agricultural innovation needed to fight poverty and hunger Promoting sustainable agriculture requires a renewed focus on innovation and investment in research, technology and capacity development, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva said at a meeting of agriculture ministers of the G20 in China. “ICT helps in the monitoring of crop growth, utilization […] Source: FAO.org