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It’s that time of year again! FAO’s Dryland Forestry and South-South and Triangular Cooperation teams have joined together with UNCCD in honour of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This year, the day focused on an important topic: ‘Rising up from drought together’.  Droughts are among the greatest threats to sustainable development affecting both developing and developed countries, and this is especially true for dryland communities: droughts only exacerbate the land degradation already taking place in many dryland areas. Women are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts linked to this, but also hold the solutions.

08/06/2022 The same sentiment was reflected in the consensus of the delegates to the National Policy Workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) from 6 to 7 June. At the workshop, which was held virtually, FAO, MAFRA, and key stakeholders in the Philippines discussed ways to strengthen the Philippines’ rice value chains through FAO’s “Capacity Development and Experience sharing for Rice Value Chains through South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)” project. The workshop also builds upon the Philippine Rice...

Rome, Italy, 06 June 2022 – FAO, on behalf of the International Treaty, and DivSeek International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at improving the interoperability of information systems dealing with crop germplasm around the world. “We look forward to working with DivSeek to further enhance the global exchange of germplasm information and promote benefit-sharing” said 

31/05/2022 The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), are joining hands, once again, to organize the 2022 Multi-stakeholder Dialogues on urban food systems in the Global South.

Ankara – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Bahçeşehir University (BAU) to collaborate in addressing the needs of future generations for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. Among its most important activities is the establishment of the new FAO & BAU Learning, Research and Application Platform