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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, parliamentarians from countries in the Near East, North Africa and Ethiopia gathered for a virtual dialogue on food security and nutrition in the time of COVID-19. The dialogue, the third in a series organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), offered parliamentarians from the Arabic-speaking world a forum to share their experiences in helping their countries to guarantee food security, nutrition and the right to food during the containment and recovery phases of the pandemic.

Businesses and the private sector more broadly can provide an important contribution to achieving and tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), although their specific role is not sufficiently mainstreamed in the 2030 Agenda. This is why FAO has developed guidelines entitled, Core Food and Agricultural Indicators for Measuring the Private Sector Contribution to the SDGs.Building on the Guidance on core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals  developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), these guidelines provide practical information on how to measure the...

A new report portrays the relationship between FAO and Turkey in a detailed and striking manner. Entitled FAO+Turkey: Partnering for food security and sustainable management of natural resources, the report highlights the growing cooperation between the two partners.

When Alfayo Mayemba went out on a hot sunny day and counted the trees on his farm in Kombi village in Tanzania, he probably wasn’t thinking about saving the planet. He was thinking about whether he’ll be getting better prices when he sells the wood, which is one way he

Brasília, Brasil 19 de marzo de 2021 – Casi 200 personas participaron del taller virtual de lanzamiento del “Manual de Buenas Prácticas de la Agricultura Familiar en la Región Semiárida de Brasil - Tecnologías Sociales de Captación, Manejo, Gestión y Uso del Agua”, transmitido el día jueves, 18 de marzo, por las plataformas Zoom y Twitter FAOBrasilCoop.

À un an du début de la pandémie du COVID-19, des parlementaires de différents pays africains d'expression française se sont réunis pour un dialogue virtuel sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition au temps du COVID-19. Le dialogue, le deuxième d'une série organisée par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO) et soutenu par l'Agence Espagnole de Coopération Internationale au développement (AECID), a offert aux parlementaires un forum pour échanger leurs expériences sur les défis et les opportunités pour la sécurité alimentaire, la nutrition et le droit à l'alimentation dans les phases de confinement et de relèvement de...

Two FAO-designed projects, one focusing on agroforestry in sub-Saharan Africa and the other on water management in the Near East, have received $80 million, paving the way to improve the livelihoods of more than 250 000 smallholders.

Promotional video dedicated to the "Making every voice count for adaptive management" initiative co-led by the Forestry Department and the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division in FAO. The initiative will complement and support the steps planned to be taken by the GEF-7 Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscape. 

The Division for Emergencies and Resilience, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, and the Kingdom of Belgium co-organized a briefing on the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation (SFERA). As the first and largest supporter of the fund, Belgium provides FAO with the financial means and flexibility to react promptly when disasters strike and to take early action in response to early signs of impending crises, reducing the time between funding decisions and response on the ground.

The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021.