New research showing that the climate in Timor-Leste (TL) has changed over the last 50 years will be presented at the Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference today.
Sr Florindo Morais Neto, a Climate Change Researcher at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, will present data that shows on average maximum temperatures in TL have increased by 1.7o C from Portuguese times till now. (more…)
Any one living in Dili will have noticed many changes in the city, but how about changes in rural areas?
Over the last six years the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) and Seeds of Life (SoL) have tracked the assets of farmers engaged with the program in on-farm demonstration trials (OFDT). (more…)
Farming families will have secure access to quality seeds of improved rice, maize and peanut varieties through the National Seed System for Released Varieties (NSSRV).
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Marcos da Crus, made the NSSRV Guidelines for Licensing Commercial Seed Producers official at a meeting with MAF National and District Directors and MAF-SoL staff. (more…)
The Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Program sends young Australians aged 18-30 on short term volunteer assignments (3-12 months) throughout Asia, the Pacific and Africa. These assignments are part of the Australian Volunteers for International Development program, an Australian Government AusAID initiative. (more…)
