روما – صرح المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة (الفاو) شو دونيو السبت في اجتماع مع كبار المسؤولين في المجتمع المدني والشعوب الأصلية الذين يمثلون صغار منتجي الأغذية والمزارعين الأسريين، بأن الشراكات على مستويات متعددة لها أهمية بالغة في الوصول إلى عالم خالٍ من الجوع. وقال المدير العام للفاو في تصريحات تناولت العديد من القضايا: "نحتاج من المجتمع المدني بأكمله أن يقوم بدور نشط"، مشيرا إلى الحاجة...

روما/ دمشق- تنظم منظمة "سلوفود" ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) جولة تعليمية هذا الأسبوع في شمال غرب ايطاليا لمجموعة من صغار المزارعات السوريات.  وقد تعاونت المنظمتان لتعزيز مهارات صغار مُنتِجات الأغذية من سوريا بهدف دعم المجتمعات المتضررة من بالأزمة لاستعادة سبل العيش أو تعزيزها، وإنعاش القطاع الزراعي في البلاد.

 Rome, 12 December - FAO and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) joined forces to guarantee that future farmers, pastoralists and fishers can meaningfully contribute to decision making processes about food and agriculture. The 4-day training applying participative learning methods was successful in increasing young food producer’s knowledge on viable tools and governance mechanisms related to food and agriculture, and in opening up a space for the young IPC members to exchange experiences and engage in dialogue with FAO representatives, sharing ideas, concerns and proposals. As a result of the training, while recognizing the heterogeneous needs among rural youth, young...

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and URGENCI, an international network that supports community agriculture, is poised to deepen the UN agency’s collaboration with global civil society.  The agreement, to be signed on 30 October 2017 by FAO Deputy Director-General for Programmes Daniel Gustafson and Judith Hitchman, President of URGENCI, will formalize the partnership between the two organizations by joining their efforts to map and promote short food-supply chain initiatives in all world regions. By documenting existing practices, methods and good experiences on local and solidarity-based food distribution systems between consumers and producers, the...

Rome - FAO and Consumers International, a global federation of consumer rights groups, have agreed to intensify their collaboration to help end hunger. The agreement recognizes that consumers around the world can be a powerful force for change towards more sustainable and equitable food systems.Key areas of mutual interest for FAO and CI include the right to food, consumer protection, nutrition and food safety.The partnership aims to enhance Consumer International's access to FAO's wealth of knowledge and information while FAO can work more closely with the network of CI's member organizations who communicate with and advocate...