On 22 November, representatives of the Embassy of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), headed by Economic Minister Nihei Daisuke and First Secretary and Agriculture attache Tachikawa Jumpei, paid a courtesy call to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to identify key areas of agricultural cooperation between the Philippines and Japan

The Department of Agriculture (DA), represented by senior undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, emphasised “the importance of regional cooperation, robust coordination, and clearly stated goals to continue thriving in the face of pandemic, climate change, and natural disaster risks”

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-organised the launching workshop of the pilot activity on ‘Resilient Livelihoods for Rural Women in Vietnam Northern Mountainous Region’

Countries in central and west Asia have endorsed three new cross-border cooperation initiatives to help accelerate the region’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, improve food security, and boost the development of clean energy

As a response to the devastating effects of the climate crisis on agricultural yields, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Singapore are strengthening their collaboration under their existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was first signed in 2015 and renewed for the second time in 2021