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On May 4 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) with the main objective of developing a range of activities to strengthen and mobilize an educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management. The collaboration between the two organizations is not new, as in 2014 a previous partnership agreement was signed to formalize the relationship. In this regard, FAO’s technical officer Jippe Hoogeveen, highlighted...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is launching today the first of a “Series of Global Webinars: Towards Resilient Family Farming - Solutions from producer organizations”.The virtual meeting is an opportunity to learn about the main impacts of COVID-19 on regional producer organizations and family farms, and to exchange good practices, and solutions to the health crisis caused by COVID-19. Regional organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean are sharing experiences, particularly on financing and savings mechanisms that have...

في 20 مايو/أَيَّار 2020، زادت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) من تعاونها مع دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي بشكل كبير من خلال التوقيع عن بعد على اتفاقيتي شراكة رائدتينمع وزارة الدولة للأمن الغذائي في الإمارات وتعزيز نظام الأمن الغذائي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة. المشروعات، "تحويل قطاع الأغذية والزراعة لتحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة لتعزيز الأمن الغذائي والتغذية"، (بميزانية 3،597،111 دولار أمريكي) و "التقييم والتحليل الاستراتيجي لنظام مراقبة الأغذية في أبوظبي" (بميزانية من 217،771 دولارًا أمريكيًا)، تهدف إلى توفير بيئة مواتية للنهوض بأهداف التنمية المستدامة في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من خلال تعزيز الابتكار والاستدامة وتنمية القدرات، بالإضافة إلى تقييم نظام أبوظبي للرقابة...

The Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) will hold, next Friday, May 29, the webinar “Youth Empowerment and the Promotion of Rural Communities Sustainability”. The dialogue will focus on topics such as ensuring access to tools for young people to lead the transformation of the region, and practices to promote sustainability in rural communities, especially the most vulnerable. The panel will be attended by representatives of the African Union; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and the World Food Programme (WFP). The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear to the world that many practices, especially regarding the models of food...

Have you ever thought that changes in the way your tea is produced could be beneficial to the changing climate? A new FAO project in Kenya is about to do just that by developing the production of potentially carbon neutral tea. It's the first FAO project within framework of South-South and Triangular Cooperation to address both climate change mitigation and adaptation in a food value chain.