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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Freiburg (ALU-FR) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), through 2025, to continue to collaborate on areas of common interest focusing on strengthening sustainable forestry, natural resources management and rural development in Central Asia.

Rome / Beijing - 22 September 2022 – FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China reaffirmed their commitment to agrifood system transformations and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the 10th Annual Consultation Meeting (ACM) of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme held virtually on 22 September 2022. This is the second time that the ACM was organized virtually, due to the ongoing travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his opening remarks, Mr. Anping YE, Director of the FAO South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division, noted the significant progress...

Santiago, September  15th 2022 – Following the presentation of practical experiences in the development of technological systems and tools to modernize processes of regularization and allocation of rural and agricultural land in the region, on 28 September the first session of the II Cycle of exchanges of experiences: Technological solutions for land administration will be held, with support from the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme, through the project “Support for the strengthening of responsible governance of tenure in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

Over 90 farmers and Trainers directly benefited from Good Agricultural Practices courses in Trinidad and Tobago. These courses helped share techniques for incorporating increased food safety practices for local produce with a specific aim on providing better quality food for School Feeding Programmes. The Trainers who participated in these courses belong to agencies who train over 2000 farmers per year.  

12 September 2022 – For the sixth consecutive year, the United Nations (UN) Rome-based agencies (RBA) – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – jointly celebrated the UN Day for South-South Cooperation – an annual event marked on 12 September. This year, the occasion took place in the form of a Thematic Solution Forum (TSF) at the eleventh annual Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo 2022 in Bangkok, from 12 to 14 September, organised by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and co-hosted by the Government of...