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Fiji and FAO

Partnering to improve food security and income-earning opportunities

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Brochure

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Cooperation between Fiji and FAO has been ongoing since the country joined the Organization in 1971. Over the past 45 years, FAO assistance has focused on building the evidence base and capacities for policy-making, protecting and enhancing natural resources and building resilience to natural disasters. Fiji is involved in FAO’s new initiative on ValueChains for Food Security and Nutrition in the Pacific Islands. Fiji hosted and chaired the 34th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (9-13 April 2018, Nadi) (APRC). The Chairperson of the 34th Session of the APRC was invited to present the Report of the Regional Conference on programme and budget matters to the FAO Council (4-8 June 2018).

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