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17/03/2022 A l’initiative de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture, un atelier de partage d’expériences et de bonnes pratiques dans le secteur du riz a réuni à Yamoussoukro, une trentaine d’acteurs de la chaine de valeur rizicole. 10 mars 2022 - L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) avec l’appui du gouvernement de la République de Corée, à travers son ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et des Affaires rurales (MAFRA) a organisé le jeudi 10 mars à Yamoussoukro, République de la Côte d'Ivoire, un atelier national sur les politiques rizicoles.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Michigan State University, USA (MSU) strengthen efforts to advance the development and dissemination of knowledge, data and technologies through a variety of capacity development activities, related to ecosystem restoration and its links to sustainable food systems for improving food security and livelihoods. FAO and MSU will work together through September 2025, contributing to the...

In early 2022, the Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO), Ankara University (AU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed their efforts to strengthen capacities, raise awareness and provide technical support in the areas of food security and natural resource management. Through the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding, initially signed in 2019, FAO and UNITO extended their collaboration for an additional period of five years with the objective to promote the development of capacities and dissemination of knowledge on topics related to...

On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, the Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management (MEV-CAM) initiative kicked off its participatory video (PV) training. The MEV-CAM initiative is led by the Dryland Forestry team at theFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the South-South Triangle Cooperation program. MEV-CAM aims to promote an inclusive and systemic learning-by-doing approach for monitoring and disseminating knowledge, lessons learnt, and experiences of the countries involved. It aims to document the baseline conditions and existing sustainable land and forest management practices in the different dryland landscapes by capturing and presenting them through a visual...

À la suite de la formation organisée les 3 et 4 novembre dernier, un atelier de renforcement des capacités des parlementaires gabonais sur les investissements responsables dans l’agriculture et les systèmes alimentaires s’est tenue du 2 au 4 mars 2022. La rencontre qui a réuni les députés et sénateurs était organisé par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et l’Institut International de Développement Durable (IISD), sous l’égide de...

Rome/Beijing - Effective cooperation between countries in the Global South and other development partners is critical in reversing the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic which is pushing more people into poverty and hunger. This was one of the main messages that resonated today from an international high-level event on South-South and Triangular Cooperation co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.

En el 2022, el Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO cumple 14 años de acciones desarrolladas la región, una alianza exitosa entre el gobierno de Brasil y la FAO que cuenta con la experiencia y las buenas prácticas del país en temas como alimentación escolar y programas de compras públicas de alimentos, agricultura familiar, fortalecimiento del sector algodonero, erradicación del hambre y  pobreza rural, gobernanza responsable de la tierra, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, políticas públicas agroambientales y acuícolas. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response to the drought emergency.

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European Union Member States in the Council Coordination Working Party on FAO Matters (AGRIFAO).