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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Mabunduka Agro Farmers Association have signed a Letter of Intent on 7 December expressing their interest in working together on green job opportunities in agriculture in Sierra Leone. While agriculture remains the largest employer in the world, it is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, the largest user, and a significant polluter of water, and can cause both land degradation and loss of biodiversity. However, the agriculture sector can be part of the solution. Creating green jobs...

The Honorable Minister, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, had a fruitful meeting on 11 December 2023 with the scoping mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headed by Mr. Nafis Khan, Senior Programme Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST), FAO. The primary objective of the scoping mission was to identify areas for the potential provision of technical assistance and implementation support to the Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, and Resilience (PARTNER), in Bangladesh. PARTNER is a joint loan project with a financial...

December 14, 2023, marks an important moment for both the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brazil as they signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance the development and implementation of sustainable development policies. “We are delighted to be establishing this partnership with one of the leading public think tanks from the Global South, at a time when Brazil has once again become a major voice in the global fight against hunger and poverty. I am confident that our cooperation with IPEA will...

Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Wednesday called on Members and all other stakeholders to provide financial, technical and human resources to support the implementation of FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, which can make a real impact to transform agrifood systems.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a launch event to mark the initiation of the global project supporting the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative under the framework of FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme. Join us on 6 December from 12.30 to 14.00 hours (CET) for this high-level hybrid virtual/physical meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome, held as a side event of the 174th Session of the FAO Council.

The "Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management" (MEV-CAM) Initiative was created in 2020 and alters the way South-South knowledge management is approached by using local and indigenous knowledge to restore degraded drylands with more sustainable practices. By empowering communities and stakeholders to demonstrate their skills, express their challenges, and share successes, the most significant impacts of development projects can be visualized from the process of change itself.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) is becoming an increasingly pivotal framework for promoting and supporting collaboration among countries of the Global South facing important development challenges, especially in agriculture and rural development. As such, key countries, such as Bangladesh, are investing in this modality, to expand their...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) are partnering under the umbrella of the "South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)" framework. This alliance aims to unite scholars from African and European universities within a shared network, to tackle challenges and identify opportunities within the food systems landscape. The primary focus of this collaboration is to advance evidence-based higher education and research initiatives. The anticipated result of this initiative is the enhancement of curricula in food systems and climate change, incorporating contemporary theoretical frameworks alongside evidence-based practical education.

Brasília, Brazil, November 16, 2023 - To commemorate the 14 years of work of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation in school feeding and announce the objectives of the new cycle 2024-2027.

Brasília, Brazil, November 16, 2023 - "This network is the space for dialogue among countries through collective construction and the sharing of challenges and best practices implemented in the region.