Ville de plus de 2,8 millions d’âmes, Douala attire chaque année plus de 100 000 nouveaux arrivants qu’il faut nourrir convenablement, sans oublier la demande en produits alimentaires des agglomérations satellites et des pays de la sous-région. Dans ce contexte, la production, l’approvisionnement et la distribution des biens alimentaires sont des enjeux importants pour la Ville. Dans le cadre de la mise en place d’une politique de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle durable pour mieux anticiper non seulement sur la rareté mais également sur la qualité des aliments pour tous nos concitoyens, et particulièrement pour les plus défavorisées dont le pouvoir d’achat...

14 May 2018, Midrand, South Africa — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is strengthening the capacity of Africa Legislators to address food security and nutrition challenges on the continent.This follows a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) signed between FAO and Pan Africa Parliament titled “Strengthening capacities of Parliamentarians in Africa for an enabling environment for Food Security and Nutrition”, last October 2017.Various stakeholders, including Members of the Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA – FSN) and a...

Panama City - More than 40 advisers from the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean (FPH-LAC) participated in a meeting on 2-4 May 2018 at the headquarters of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) in order to strengthen their capacities in food security, nutrition and the right to food.  The activity is part of a course offered by the PARLATINO and the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO), with the support of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) through the “Mesoamerica without Hunger” program and the Spanish Agency for International...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the Commission for Cooperation and Development of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonies (APF) at its headquarters on 3 and 4 May 2018, attended by nearly fifty parliamentarians from around fifteen countries. During the opening ceremony, Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General of FAO, emphasized "the essential role of policy makers, including members of parliaments, in establishing enabling institutional, legal and policy frameworks" towards achieving the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, recalling that...

On 20 March 2018, the European Parliament Alliance on the Fight Against Hunger, MEP Maria Heubuch and the FAO’s Liaison Office to the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) co-hosted with the participation of the European Commission a policy dialogue debate entitled “Agroecology: Opportunities and Challenges for European Development policy” which was held at the European Parliament. In her introductory remarks, Maria Heubuch highlighted the “importance and timeliness of the policy dialogue on agroecology,” which took place in the run-up to the  2nd International Symposium on Agroecology held at the FAO Headquarters on 3-5 April 2018 in Rome. Rodrigo de...