Cereal production in Iran is estimated to grow 17.3 percent in the current crop year compared to the previous year, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)s latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report released on December 2. Based on the said report, the Islamic Republic produced 20.8 million tons of cereals in ...

Tasnim - 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). Designed by FAO to assist the countries in monitoring agricultural drought and managing its risk, ASIS ...

Tasnim While the world continues to fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, countries in South and Southwest Asia are simultaneously responding to plagues of pests that threaten to worsen hunger and the livelihoods of millions of people, FAO warned. Swarms of Desert Locust, over the last couple of months, have moved swiftly into west Asia attacking ...

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. As part of an ongoing support provided by the Food and Agriculture ...

Press TV - Iranian authorities say Saudi Arabia should do more to help fight a locust plague that could threat crops and food security in the Middle East and North Africa region. Head of Irans Plant Protection Organization said on Sunday that Red Sea countries could help Iran and others better prepare for fighting a locust this year that could affect ...

IRNA --- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) on Tuesday ink agreement to support the sustainable development of marine cage culture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) announced a new project today that will ...

Iran Front Page - The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has dispatched a delegation to Iran to discover the possible sources of the massive attack by desert locusts on parts of the country over the past days, said head of the Iranian Plant Protection Organization. Mohammad Reza Dargahi said the UN delegation will try to find ...

fnbnews.com - A traditional saffron cultivation system in Iran, an argan-based agro-pastoral system in Morocco, and an ancient olive tree system in Spain today won recognition from FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization) as GIAHS (globally-important agricultural heritage systems). All the sites feature unique ways to produce nutritious foods ...

MNA Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and new FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran Gerold Boedeker met on Monday in Tehran. The two sides conferred on areas of mutual interest and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation. Iran became a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in ...

MNA Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hossein Shirzad lashed out at Irans meager share in saffron production in the international level and revealed the start of cooperation between Iranian Rural Cooperatives Central Organization and UNs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the field of saffron value chain. He, who is CEO of Central ...

MNA The 24th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 24) entitled High-Level Discourse on Forests and Goals of Sustainable Development kicked off in Rome, Italy in the presence of more than 120 countries including Iran. The role of forests for food security and nutrition, inland and outsourced forestry, key role of forestry and ...

MNA FAO headquarters in Rome hosted a group of international experts that specialize in social-ecological systems to discuss a number of case studies including the Lake Urmia Restoration program. According to a press release by the FAO Representation in Iran, the overall theme of the expert workshop was to discuss how the social-ecological systems ...

MNA Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for further actions to save Oaks and Boxwood trees in Zagros and Caspian forests of Iran. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for further actions to save Oaks and Boxwood trees in Zagros and Caspian forests of the country at the final workshop ...

Tasnim Chief Veterinary Officers and experts from the governments of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan discussed ways to form the first quadrilateral collaboration meeting for addressing transboundary animal diseases (TDAs) and strengthen harmonized actions on this issue. According to a press release by the FAO Representation in the ...

American Herald Tribune | THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN : According to just released information sourced from the UNs Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO) and the FSNAU between October 2015 andApril 2016, a period of only six months, upwards of 400,000 Somalis,two thirds of whom were children, died of starvation. And the famine, if anything, has gotten worse ...

Xinhua -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations' Technical Cooperation Division andIran's Ministry of Agriculture, has launched a project to improve monitoring system of Iran's agriculture, Financial Tribune daily reported on Monday. The plan, titled "Improving Agricultural Monitoring Systems Through Satellite Imagery for Iran,...

UN.org- FAO has developed new guidelines aimed at helping countries develop strong National Forest Monitoring Systems, which are key to measure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to a press release published by the FAO Representation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, To fulfil their pledges under the Paris ...

MNA Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has voiced readiness to participate in Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP). FAO Director-General, Jos Graziano da Silva, met with Mahmoud Hojjati, Iranian Minister of Agriculture who is in Rome to attend the organization's 40th Conference from 3-8 July. At the meeting, Graziano ...

MNA In its latest quarterly report, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) points to stability in Irans wheat production in 2017 and the possibility to reach a yield of 13.5 million tons. On the basis of FAO predictions for the second half of 2017, favorable weather conditions in Iran has maintained its position as a major regional producer ...

MNA Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by conducting an inception workshop in Tehran launched its new project in Iran to improve sustainable oilseed crop production especially on Soybean harvest while integrating the latest technologies into cereal-based systems. According to a press release published by the FAO Representation ...