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Private Sector
30 Nov 2020
欧盟、联合国粮农组织和天堂食品公司努力为小农在可可产业创造机遇
莫尔兹比港/罗马-为支持巴布亚新几内亚小农,打造更具包容性的农业食品价值链,联合国粮农组织实施了与欧盟联合供资的"支持农村创业、投资和贸易"(STREIT)计划,对接当地私营部门,与该国历史最悠久的国家食品生产企业天堂食品有限公司开展合作。今天签署《谅解备忘录》旨在通过提高质量、改善市场准入和制定产品认证计划,促进更具包容性和可持续性的可可生产价值链,为小农创造创收机会。"与当地私营部门合作并建立其与小农的有效联系,是可可价值链长期可持续发展的一项关键要素,期待有更多的合作伙伴加入。我们已经为1万多名小农户提供了帮助。在2021年,这一数字还将大幅提高。"联合国粮农组织巴布亚新几内亚项目官员Ken Shimizu表示。天堂食品有限公司集团首席执行官James Rice对此协议表示欢迎。他表示:"这一合作反映了我们对巴布亚新几内亚小农可持续生产和加工可可进行长期投资的承诺。""由欧盟联合供资的‘支持农村创业、投资和贸易'计划将支持当地中小微企业发展具有可持续性和包容性的可可、香草和渔业价值链。根据政府的可可产业战略,我们欢迎与天堂食品开展合作,并期待更多的当地农业企业、公司和农民从计划中受益,"欧盟驻巴布亚新几内亚大使Jernej Videti说。可可是该国最重要的经济作物之一,主要由小农从事生产。天堂食品是巴布亚新几内亚唯一一家将可可加工成半成品,同时为国内和出口市场生产优质巧克力的公司。公司致力于利用来自小农的原材料,支持该国包容性农业和可可价值链发展。该伙伴关系将支持农村减贫行动,并有助于实现欧盟"支持巴布亚新几内亚农村创业、投资和贸易"(STREIT PNG)项目的宗旨。这一项目是欧盟对太平洋区域资金捐助规模最大的项目。联合国粮农组织是"支持农村创业、投资和贸易"项目的主要执行机构,协调国际劳工组织、国际电信联盟、联合国资本发展基金和联合国开发计划署的工作。该项目的目标还包括改善可持续和包容性的经济发展并创造就业机会,重点关注妇女、青年和适应气候变化。具体而言,这一全新伙伴关系与联合国粮农组织"手拉手"行动计划相一致,积极推动私营部门与当地可可生产者展开合作,促进小农、贸易商及其组织更多地参与可可供应链。合作将首先集中在巴布亚新几内亚的东、西塞皮克省,联合国粮农组织和天堂食品公司将提供专门知识,共同支持为可可小农生产者制定相关认证计划。改善质量和标准化认证将有助于提高当地可可产品的长期市场机遇,增加小农收入。
Resource Partners
27 Nov 2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today thanked Members of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) for their financial support and invited them to strengthen their collaboration with the Organization to transform agri-food systems and build sustainable agriculture, particularly to fight the impacts
South-south Cooperation
25 Nov 2020
The 2020 International Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships was held in Longnan city, Gansu province, China, on Nov. 24. More than 100 participants from governments, academia, international organizations, NGOs, and the private sector attended the seminar. High-level representatives from the UN, officials from developing countries in Latin America and Africa attended the seminar online.
South-south Cooperation
24 Nov 2020
Rome, 24 November 2020 - Within the framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is implementing a global project to help developing contracting parties strengthen their phytosanitary capacity and implement the IPPC.  Developing phytosanitary capacity is at the core of the IPPC mandate, as well as one of the three key pillars of the new IPPC Strategic Framework 2020-2030.  With a contribution of over USD 2 million from the FAO-China SSC Programme, this joint global project aims at promoting international cooperation among participating countries and raising awareness of plant health at the...
South-south Cooperation
23 Nov 2020
23 November 2020, Rome/Sudan – FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme has contributed 1.5 Million USD to a south-south cooperation project (SSC project) aimed at enhancing production, productivity and competitiveness of the crops and livestock sectors in Sudan. Agriculture accounts for nearly one-third of the national Gross Domestic Product and around half of the national workforce is engaged in agricultural activities that mainly includes crop, livestock, fisheries, forestry production, and agro-processing industries.
South-south Cooperation
19 Nov 2020
New York, 19 November 2020 - A thematic good practices publication: “Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Context of Food Security”, developed jointly by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) was successfully launched at a virtual event on 19 November 2020. This publication presents over 40 good practices to crucial challenges faced by developing countries in the area of food security (SDG 2).
Civil Society
17 Nov 2020
Rome – Consumers can be the “catalyst” to drive the transformation of agri-food systems, influencing how we produce and consume food in an increasingly digital world, said the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today in a special address during the celebration of Consumers International’s 60th anniversary.  In his remarks, Qu congratulated Consumers International, a global federation of consumer groups, and called for even closer collaboration with FAO.  He stressed the need to promote healthy diets and to educate consumers enabling them to make healthier choices, to respect farmers’ work...
Resource Partners
13 Nov 2020
绿色气候基金董事会今天批准了联合国粮农组织在阿根廷、危地马拉和苏丹设计的三个新项目,总金额达1亿5860万美元,旨在减缓温室气体排放,加强应对气候变化的抵御力,遏止毁林。
Fao-Academia
11 Nov 2020
Following the June 2020 publication on case studies of successful partnership practices and important outcomes with featured academia and research institutions, a second series of case studies showcases four key partnerships with Agrinatura (Czechia), Texas A&M AgriLife (United States of America), Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) and Université Laval (Canada). These key partnerships contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from different perspectives. Agrinatura ...
Resource Partners
05 Nov 2020
今天,联合国粮农组织正式启动"粮食联盟",为努力防止新冠疫情引发全球粮食危机的协同行动注入了新的动力。 "粮食联盟"将"联结各类网络",欢迎各利益相关方和跨领域联盟自愿参与,支持创新举措,以保障全球粮食获取,推动以可持续方式增强农业粮食体系抵御力。"粮食联盟"由意大利政府发起,获得了超过30个国家的积极响应。联盟将支持现有和新发起的工作,协助克服疫情影响,帮助各国走上实现2030年可持续发展目标的正轨,尤其将确保消除饥饿与贫困的两大目标如期实现。