Noticias
Parliamentary alliances
10 May 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the Commission for Cooperation and Development of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonies (APF) at its headquarters on 3 and 4 May 2018, attended by nearly fifty parliamentarians from around fifteen countries.
During the opening ceremony, Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General of FAO, emphasized "the essential role of policy makers, including members of parliaments, in establishing enabling institutional, legal and policy frameworks" towards achieving the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, recalling that...
Parliamentary alliances
10 May 2018
El 20 de marzo, la Alianza del Parlamento Europeo para la Lucha contra el Hambre, la eurodiputada Maria Heubuch y la Oficina de Enlace de la FAO con la Unión Europea y Bélgica (FAOLOB) copatrocinaron, con la participación de la Comisión Europea, un debate de diálogo sobre políticas titulado "Agroecología : Oportunidades y desafíos para la política de desarrollo europea ", que se celebró en el Parlamento Europeo.
En sus comentarios introductorios, la Sra. Heubuch destacó la "importancia y oportunidad de este diálogo de políticas sobre agroecología", que tuvo lugar en el período previo al 2º Simposio Internacional sobre Agroecología que...
Resource Partners
18 Apr 2018
The project is part of an initiative supporting countries and regions prone to El Nino’s impacts
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Fiji have agreed to collaborate on a project to strengthen the resilience of communities vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change.
South-south Cooperation
18 Apr 2018
Meeting discusses threats brought about by rapid urbanization
18 April 2018, Durban – More than half of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) population could be living in urban areas by 2050 posing huge challenges for poor towns and cities, which already face challenges such as poverty and inequalities. These are coupled with growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in a context of high vulnerability to climate change.
In preparation for the challenges attendant to rapid urbanization, some SSA local authorities have started implementing initiatives that improve food security and nutrition through ‘city to city’ collaboration and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). These initiatives will see all actors in the...
Parliamentary alliances
17 Apr 2018
On 17 April, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) facilitated a conversation between the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), with whom FAO signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2017, and Members of Parliament (MPs) of Uganda, to seek the possibility in developing joint research proposals reflecting needs and demands of MPs for opportunities such as the African Union research grants. The meeting was hosted by FAO Uganda and jointly organized by FAO Headquarters and FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF).
This discussion also aimed at increasing mutual understanding between...