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FAO Director General visits Caribbean with focus on risk and disease prevention

Staff Writer Feb 6, 2023

(Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Press Release) The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, will visit Bridgetown, Barbados, on Monday, for both a technical…
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First International Day of Plant Health: no food security without healthy plants

Staff Writer May 13, 2022

(Food and Agriculture Orgnaisation Press Release) As the world marks the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) for the first time, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for more investment in…
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International Day of Plant Health, 12 May

Staff Writer May 12, 2022

(Food and Agriculture Organisation) Both our health and the health of our planet depend on plants. Plants make up 80% of the food we eat and 98% of the oxygen we breathe and yet they are under threat. Up to 40% of food crops are lost due…
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13th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors Forum to be Held Virtually

Michelle Nurse Aug 10, 2020

(Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Press Room) The Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum will convene the 1st virtual session of the 13th Annual CPHD meeting on 11th and 12th August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 global…
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