Nouvelles et Evènements
FAO Malawi, Government of Malawi kick off TAP-AIS project for strengthened capacities in agricultural innovation systems
15 December 2020
15 December 2020
10_Guest of honour, Secretary for Agriculture, Erica Maganga, gives remarks during inception workshop.JPG
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that by the year 2050, global agricultural output will need to increase by almost 50 percent compared to 2012. Achieving this, within a rapidly changing demographic, environmental, and climate...
FAO-Agrinatura Webinar "Strengthening agricultural innovation systems in the context of sustainable agricultural development and food security"
01 December 2020
01 December 2020
The aim of the webinar is to present complementary and joint work areas of Agrinatura and FAO in the next three years, with the main objective to strengthen Agricultural innovation Systems (AIS) and partnerships between Universities and Research Centres throughout...
Seventh TAP Partners Assembly (16-20 November 2020)
16 November 2020
16 November 2020
The Seventh TAP Partners Assembly will take place virtually from 16 to 20 November 2020. The event aims at bringing together TAP Partners to discuss the progress of implementation of the TAP Action Plan 2018-2021, to discuss future workplan, and improve coordination...
TAP-AIS project: Virtual trainings on AIS assessment in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Eritrea
20 October 2020
20 October 2020
Between September and October 2020, training sessions on AIS assessment were organised in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Eritrea by the country teams with support from FAO HQ staff. The AIS assessment training focused on building four main assessment blocks:
Structural
Functional
Capacity
Enabling Environment analysis.
The sessions...
Celebrating World Food Day: FAO’s work on innovation in the context of the Tropical Agriculture Platform
16 October 2020
16 October 2020
Developing capacity to innovate
FAO believes that innovation in agriculture is the central driving force for achieving a world free from hunger and malnutrition. As countries around the world suffer the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's World Food Day calls for global...