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NewsletterFAO Bangladesh Newsletter, May 2023 – Issue #9 2023
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No results found.A closing workshop was held for the Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) project which over eight years has greatly advanced food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), supported by FAO, announced the successful drafting of 11 200 food standards harmonized with Codex, the international food code. The Secretary-General of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paul Huijts, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, Anne van Leeuwen, visited a fresh food market in Dhaka, considered as a model for Bangladesh. FAO held a workshop to mark the completion of a UN joint programme that examined the impact of the 5F crisis (food, feed, fuel, fertilizer, and finance) in Bangladesh caused by COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a USD 16 million grant financing agreement with the Government of Bangladesh to boost a project aimed at promoting climate resilience and diversifying agriculture. FAO will provide technical assistance to the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security (RAINS) project. Potato exports from farmers supported by FAO continue to grow, as producers came together to celebrate another year of success. Four producer co-operatives joined the fourth annual potato export inauguration in Rangpur – the country’s main potato growing region. FAO introduced to Bangladesh a tailored and proven accounting platform for farmers. Known as the FAO MicroBanking System (or MBWin), it improves the efficiency of banking operations in rural areas, in particular by lowering transaction costs. It is used by 585 financial institutions across 21 countries, serving around four million beneficiaries. -
NewsletterFAO Bangladesh Newsletter, February 2023 – Issue #8 2023
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No results found.FAO has led a complex international operation to remove more than 500 tonnes of the now banned pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) from Bangladesh. The legacy stockpile, thought to be largest in the world at a single site, was removed from a government compound in the centre of Chattogram, Bangladesh’s second largest city. Bangladesh becomes the first country to launch FAO’s ‘One Country One Priority Product’. An inception workshop was held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) for a new project that will support small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs to benefit from the country’s national fruit. The Ministry of Agriculture led a World Soil Day celebration, attended by the honourable minister, Muhammad Abdur Razzaque. The theme year’s theme was ‘Soils: where food begins’. The impact of climate change on the country’s fisheries sector was the focus of a national dialogue held to mark the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022. FAO is the lead United Nations agency for celebrating the year. A project to increase food security for households most affected by the COVID-19 crisis in at-risk low-income urban areas has provided 4 050 smallholder farmers in Dhaka with agricultural inputs and tools including vegetable seeds, seed trays, vermi-compost, silos, spades, nets, and watering cans. The joint FAO, World Food Programme (WFP), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) project is funded by the Government of Sweden.Smallholder farmers in areas vulnerable to monsoon floods will be better prepared this year thanks to a scaling-up of anticipatory action. Last year, record-breaking floods wreaked havoc, affecting an estimated 7.2 million people in the north-eastern region. -
NewsletterSWM Community Conservancy Project Newsletter, Issue 4 -September 2023 to February 2024 2024
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No results found.We are pleased to release the fourth issue of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Community Conservancy (CC) Project newsletter covering the four countries where the CC model is being promoted within the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) landscape (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Under the SWM Programme, this new Project, funded by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and co-funded by the European Union (EU), is now halfway through its implementation. We are working together with communities across the Kavango-Zambezi (KaZa) region in North-East Namibia, Northern Botswana, Southern Zambia and Northern Zimbabwe promoting the CC model to achieve coexistence between people, livestock and wildlife in this biodiversity-rich landscape. This includes several initiatives, such as building partnerships with the private sector, which redirect the flow of socio-economic benefits to local communities. This approach will also benefit conservation by reducing unsustainable hunting for wild meat and mitigating human-wildlife conflict. A strong network of CCs will enhance connectivity between habitats in the KaZa landscape and contribute to conservation efforts in this unique region. We are proud to be partnering with Wild Entrust Africa (WEA) in Botswana, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Namibia, the Peace Parks Foundation and Wild Entrust in Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as with the respective Governments, to enhance synergies between wildlife conservation and community well-being.
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