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  In order to promote some of the work FAO has been undertaking in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs, the Civil Society Partnership team of the FAO Division for Partnerships and UN Collaboration (PSU) is putting together a small series of short publications, highlighting some of the successful collaborations of recent years.

An ambitious new initiative announced today aims to reduce commodity-driven deforestation and restore forest landscapes, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

04/11/2021 Colombo – A project to provide technical assistance to improve the production and commercialization of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture with financial assistance from the People’s Republic of China. The project, valued at over USD 1.1 million is implemented under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement between FAO, the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

FAO is set to host the Third Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable entitled “Delivering Targeted and Impactful Results: Transformative Partnerships with Academia and Research Institution” on Monday, 15 November 2021 from 13:00 to 14:45 hours CEST. The Roundtable will inform participants on the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031, highlight the need for stronger and strategic engagement with the academia and research community at country-level, and bring a...

Libreville - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are launching a capacity-building program on responsible investment in agriculture and food systems for members of the Parliament of the Gabonese Republic. This initiative, conducted under the aegis of the Gabonese Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutritional Security (APGSAN), aims to support members of the Alliance in their ambition to improve public policies for fighting hunger and malnutrition in the country. The capacity building of the parliamentary alliance is part of...