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Libreville - October 1st, 2019 saw the creation of the Gabonese Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (APGSAN), established by a group of deputies and senators from Gabon, in collaboration with the FAO Subregional Office for Central Africa and the United Nations system. The creation of this alliance followed a series of meetings organized by the FAO Subregional Office for Central Africa and the two chambers of the Parliament of Gabon, which highlighted the need for parliamentarians to contribute to the fight against hunger and malnutrition in their role as guarantors of the country's political and economic commitments. The...

On the sidelines of the World Sustainable Development Summit, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) organized a High-level Panel focusing on the theme: “Food Security and the achievement of SDGs in Africa: what role for South-South and triangular cooperation”.

أيلول 2019، نيويورك - في لقاء عقده اليوم مع ممثلي القطاع الخاص على هامش الاجتماع الرابع والسبعين للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، قال المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) شو دونيو إن بناء نموذج عمل جديد مبني على العلم والبيانات والشفافية والمسائلة بما يؤدي إلى شراكات قوية مع القطاع الخاص هو أمر تركز عليه الفاو بشكل كبير. وقال شو لممثلي القطاع الخاص: "يحتاج العالم إلى منظمة فاو قوية وفعالة وحيوية. والفاو من جهتها تحتاج إلى شراكات قوية وموثوقة معكم". وشكل الاجتماع فرصة لمناقشة وتعزيز الشراكات لتحقيق التحول الذي تشتد الحاجة إليه في النظم الغذائية، وتعبئة جميع التكنولوجيات والابتكارات والمعارف والخبرات المتاحة...

Rabat, Morocco - FAO was invited by the Director-General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to attend the DryArc Initiative Co-Design Workshop, and provide inputs and suggestions for a new research for impact initiative of eight centers of the CGIAR  This cross-CGIAR partnership includes: the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the WorldFish, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Water Management Institute...

On the sidelines of the 5th Investing in Africa Forum, held from 10 to 12 September in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, FAO’s Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, met with representatives of the Congolese Parliament to discuss the role of parliamentarians in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. Mr. Haile-Gabriel commended the President of the Senate, Pierre Ngolo, and the President of the National Assembly, Isidore Mvouba, for their leadership on keeping issues of food security and nutrition at the forefront of the political agenda. The leaders of the two chambers of Parliament were instrumental in creating a Congolese...