Consumers around the world could be wasting more than twice as much food as thought, according to an analysis that says previous estimates have been gross underestimates.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in 2011 that around a third of food is lost or wasted.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 highlights the critical importance of fisheries and aquaculture for the food, nutrition and employment of millions of people, many of whom struggle to maintain reasonable livelihoods...The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture is the only publication of its kind, providing technical insight and factual information on a sector increasingly recognized as crucial for societal success.
Aquaculture production is an increasingly important component of global seafood production...According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization’s most recent analysis of global fisheries and aquaculture, seafood production from aquaculture (excluding seaweeds) exceeded production from marine
This report presents the findings of the Final Evaluation of the six year1 Global Environment Facility – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (GEF-FAO) Forest Protected Area Management (FPAM) in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue project, which was implemented between January 2012 and July 2017. The project’s global environmental objective was ‘to strengthen biodiversity conservation and reduce forest and land degradation’ and the development objective was ‘to enhance the sustainable livelihoods of local communities living in and around protected areas’
The Project Technical Team Leader will be under the overall supervision of the FAO Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific and will directly report to the Lead Technical Officer (LTO). The Project Technical Team Leader will lead the execution of the project’s technical and administrative activiti
FAO is currently seeking a long term consultant in support to the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System – FIRMS http://firms.fao.org/ with skills in marine biology and information management.
FAO is seeking applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Fisheries Officer, responsible for capture fisheries statistics to work in the FAO Statistics and Information Branch of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) at Headquarters in Rome.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 presents FAO’s official world fishery and aquaculture statistics. Click on the link below for more information.
This is a general call for applications for technical specialists across the different sectors and work programs of FAO, for expression on interest for the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific roster. Click on the below for further details.
The Government of Vanuatu through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity (MALFFB) has requested FAO as an Accredited Entity (AE) to the GCF to assist in the development of a project proposal entitled: "Transformation towards a resilient and climate-smart Agric