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6 December 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), launched a two-day rice-commodity development workshop, with the aim of strengthening the Tanzania’s rice value chains.  The workshop builds on the National Rice Development Strategy II (NRDS-II), the country’s ongoing ten-year rice improvement programme (2019/20 – 2030), which aims to sustain rice self-sufficiency in Tanzania and improve its competitiveness and comparative advantages for regional and international rice trade. Rice in Tanzania is increasingly becoming one of...

The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is the most destructive migratory pest in the world. These ravenous eaters can consume food crops and forage equivalent to their own weight in a day. Just a single square kilometer of swarm can contain up to 80 million adults, with a capacity to consume the same quantity of food of 35 000 people in a day.  In response to this plant pest threatening the food security and livelihoods of rural people, the FAO-China SSC Programme implemented its first USD 2 million emergency project from June 2020 to June 2021 to support FAO’s global efforts on...

Barbados, November 10, 2021 - Mexico and FAO invite people engaged in aquaculture and aquaponics in the Caribbean to join the training session that will take place between November 10, 2021 and January 28, 2022.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) include some of the world’s most remote countries that share a similar set of challenges, including susceptibility to natural disasters, limited resources and dependence on international trade, in addition to a common aspiration for sustainable development, improved living standards and the remediation of gender inequalities. Women represent 52 percent of the agricultural labour force in SIDS and are essential agents of change to ensure a shift to more efficient and climate-resilient food systems.

Bogotá, 29 de noviembre del 2021 – Como parte de la estrategia de cierre del proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, Colombia recibirá a la misión técnica de intercambio internacional proveniente de Brasil, donde se socializarán los productos elaborados por el proyecto, se desarrollarán talleres virtuales de intercambio y se realizará el evento de cierre para presentar novedades relacionadas con cursos de formación y un repositorio web con diversos contenidos que son frutos del proyecto.

Brasilia/Brasil, 26 de noviembre de 2021 – Durante dos años, el proyecto de cooperación sur-sur trilateral Sembrando Capacidades ha realizado una serie de actividades para fortalecer las políticas e instrumentos que promuevan la rentabilidad y sostenibilidad del campo colombiano, con especial énfasis en la producción de la agricultura familiar.

Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards climate change have received a boost thanks to a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), the state’s public development institution.

El material incluye y reconoce los testimonios de 12 mujeres que, desde el ámbito legislativo, destacan por su contribución a la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza en los países de la región mesoamericana.

18/11/2021 - Le Tchad s’inspire de l’expérience nigérienne en matière de financement des exploitations agricoles et des petites et moyennes entreprises agro-alimentaires. C’est dans ce sens que le Ministère du Développement Agricole du Tchad, avec l’appui conjoint du Programme FIRST et la Division de la Coopération Sud-Sud de la FAO et en étroite collaboration avec les bureaux pays de la FAO Tchad et de la FAO Niger, a organisé un voyage d’étude sur l’expérience de financement des exploitations agricoles et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (PME) du secteur agricole et alimentaire par la Banque Agricole du Niger (BAGRI).

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced an ambitious new five-year Strategic Joint Cooperation Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday. The agreement commits the partners to scale up joint action to meet humanitarian needs, address drivers of acute food security, and help at-risk agricultural communities build resilience to shocks that undermine their productive potential.