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🌳🔥 What causes wildfires? ➡️ Fuel ➡️ Weather ➡️ An ignition source But wildfires can be prevented — and it starts long before the flames ignite. Find out how Food and Agriculture Organization is working to help countries stop blazes before they begin: fao.org/forestry/firem… #GlobalFireHub #Wildfires

🌳🔥 What causes wildfires?

➡️ Fuel
➡️ Weather
➡️ An ignition source

But wildfires can be prevented — and it starts long before the flames ignite.

Find out how <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> is working to help countries stop blazes before they begin: fao.org/forestry/firem…

#GlobalFireHub #Wildfires
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🔥 Wildfires are getting bigger, faster and harder to stop. Prevention is key. Find out more about Food and Agriculture Organization’s work on integrated fire management, which focuses on preventing blazes before they begin. 👉 ow.ly/1uhS50Wgu6J #GlobalFireHub

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Each year, 340–370M hectares of land burn in wildfires. In response, Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Environment Programme launched the Global Fire Management Hub in 2023 to drive innovation & unite global efforts for smarter, more sustainable fire management. FAO's Fire Management Specialist Peter Moore explains how👇🏽

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Addressing the 44th #FAOConference, today, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu QU Dongyu highlighted that humanity is at a “unique inflection point” where hope, action and genuine multilateralism are essential to tackle interconnected challenges. fao.org/newsroom/detai…

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🇬🇭🍫 Ghana launches the Ghana Cocoa Monitor, a landmark multi-stakeholder platform to tackle systemic challenges & drive sustainable cocoa production. With support from @EUinGhana & Food and Agriculture Organization, it will align efforts on farmer income, climate action, labour rights & more.

🇬🇭🍫 Ghana launches the Ghana Cocoa Monitor, a landmark multi-stakeholder platform to tackle systemic challenges &amp; drive sustainable cocoa production. With support from @EUinGhana &amp; <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a>, it will align efforts on farmer income, climate action, labour rights &amp; more.
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Great news! 🎉 Green Climate Fund just approved 3 Food and Agriculture Organization-led projects worth $300M+ to: 🌳 Protect forests in Papua New Guinea 🐟 Boost sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia 🌱 Grow Africa’s #GreatGreenWall #GCFB42

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Thank you, @Poland25eu, for the excellent cooperation during your presidency. It was an honour to collaborate with you towards the transformation of agrifood systems in Europe & beyond. Welcome, Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 Presidency! We look forward to working together!

Thank you, @Poland25eu, for the excellent cooperation during your presidency. It was an honour to collaborate with you towards the transformation of agrifood systems in Europe &amp; beyond.

Welcome, <a href="/eu2025dk/">Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025</a> Presidency! We look forward to working together!
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#DYK since 1999, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World has been published annually & provides data & analysis on the state of 🌍 hunger & nutrition? #SOFI2025 releases later this month. Learn more about this 🗝️ report from its Chief editor, Ada Ignaciuk👇

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Sick soils = poor harvests. But in western Kenya, with support from @EU_partnerships, Food and Agriculture Organization & International Fund for Agricultural Development are helping farmers revive degraded land with agroecology.🌱 Meet Agnes, once food insecure, now harvesting 5x more maize thanks to healthier soil. 🔗 bit.ly/4khdq6U

Sick soils = poor harvests. But in western Kenya, with support from @EU_partnerships, <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> &amp; <a href="/IFAD/">International Fund for Agricultural Development</a> are helping farmers revive degraded land with agroecology.🌱

Meet Agnes, once food insecure, now harvesting 5x more maize thanks to healthier soil.
🔗 bit.ly/4khdq6U
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My congratulations to Mina Rizk from Egypt on your election as Independent Chairperson of Food and Agriculture Organization Council. I look forward to working closely with you and working together for Members in transforming our agrifood systems and achieving food security under the overarching #4Betters.

My congratulations to Mina Rizk from Egypt on your election as Independent Chairperson of <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> Council. I look forward to working closely with you and working together for Members in transforming our agrifood systems and achieving food security under the overarching #4Betters.
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Youth need agrifood systems & agrifood systems need youth! 👩🏼‍🌾🌾 @‌FAO's new report dives into how youth are shaping, challenging, and transforming agrifood systems. Download it to discover why we must invest in the young generation to #MoveFoodForward 👉🏽 bit.ly/3Tnva5B

Youth need agrifood systems &amp; agrifood systems need youth! 👩🏼‍🌾🌾

@‌FAO's new report dives into how youth are shaping, challenging, and transforming agrifood systems.

Download it to discover why we must invest in the young generation to #MoveFoodForward 👉🏽 bit.ly/3Tnva5B
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In Nineveh, Iraq, a FAO-EU project in collaboration with Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture is helping rural women & communities rebuild their farms, livelihoods & a sense of community through dairy cooperatives. Learn more 👉🏽 shorturl.at/Ek5OT

In Nineveh, Iraq, a FAO-EU project in collaboration with Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture is helping rural women &amp; communities rebuild their farms, livelihoods &amp; a sense of community through dairy cooperatives.

Learn more 👉🏽 shorturl.at/Ek5OT
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Food and Agriculture Organization, through its Investment Centre, is enthusiastic about growing its collaboration with the European Investment Bank by signing this MoU,” said Mohamed Manssouri, Director FAO Investment Support This partnership has unlocked €130M credit lines for local banks to lend to agri-SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa #4Betters

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Acting ahead of natural hazards saves lives & livelihoods. In disaster-prone Bangladesh, see how Food and Agriculture Organization works with the government to help rural & vulnerable families protect their food and income sources before and after a disaster strikes. With 🇪🇺 support