This article was originally published by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta/Rome. Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today. The COVID-19 impact on […]
Hubei Province, China — Summer has come, and so does summer fragrance, and the mouth-watering grape season. On 20 June 2020, the farmer specialized cooperative federation in Hubei province helped the farmers in picking (group buying) and selling their goods to the public by production and marketing docking activities. Two hundred community leaders attended this […]
The global pandemic COVID-19 did not skip Mongolia. On 27 January 2020, Mongolia shut its borders with China and closed all kindergartens, schools, and public gatherings as preventive measures against the COVID-19 outbreak. The first case of COVID-19 in the country was reported on 10 March and as of 16 July 2020, 262 cases have […]