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Port-of-Spain, 14 October 2022- saw the official launch of the “Grow to Glow” school garden competition across Trinidad and Tobago.  The competition runs until March 2023 and is open to all the 4-H clubs. It seeks to promote wider nutrition education for children and eating local produce which runs until March 2023.

Santiago, September 30. This Thursday the Steering Committee of the CELAC-FAO-China Cooperation presented the project plan “Response and recovery to the impact of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods and food systems. The initiative, which was signed in January between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the People's Republic of China, has a budget of USD 2 million and will benefit the 12 member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the recovery of rural livelihoods and post-pandemic agri-food systems.

FAO headquarters, with the support of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), has organized a virtual session with Parliamentarians to support the preparation of the forthcoming Global Parliamentary Summit and thereby promote the discussion on parliamentary action to promote improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all.

Ciudad de Guatemala, 27 de septiembre del 2022 - En el marco del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO, el gobierno de Brasil, por medio de la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ABC/MRE) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) suman esfuerzos para apoyar a países del Corredor Seco Centroamericano en la mitigación de los efectos de las sequías en la región.

Agriculture and rural development are critical for ensuring food security and eradicating poverty. In this context, farmers’ livelihoods largely depend on agricultural activities, making them highly vulnerable to current challenges affecting agriculture, including climate change and loss of biodiversity. Enhancing the capacities of farmers to adopt innovative approaches to boost agricultural productivity and cope with limited resources is essential to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG1 on eradicating extreme poverty and SDG2 on ending hunger and promoting sustainable agriculture.