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En el 2022, el Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO cumple 14 años de acciones desarrolladas la región, una alianza exitosa entre el gobierno de Brasil y la FAO que cuenta con la experiencia y las buenas prácticas del país en temas como alimentación escolar y programas de compras públicas de alimentos, agricultura familiar, fortalecimiento del sector algodonero, erradicación del hambre y  pobreza rural, gobernanza responsable de la tierra, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, políticas públicas agroambientales y acuícolas. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response to the drought emergency.

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European Union Member States in the Council Coordination Working Party on FAO Matters (AGRIFAO).

Since 2020 and building up on almost 30 years of corporate commitments, FAO has worked on updating its approach to supporting South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), which has been translated in the new SSTC Guidelines for Action. The new guidelines emerge as part of the new FAO Strategic Framework and also respond to global frameworks, including the new System-Wide Strategy for SSTC of the United Nations.  Moving beyond strategic planning, FAO is now drafting practical guides and tools for its staff to plan for and use SSTC as a key delivery mechanism of its Strategic Framework. To this end, in the...

09/02/2022 The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines have signed an agreement formalizing their partnership to undertake a global initiative that will support the strengthening of the country’s rice value chains through capacity building and policy development.