Noticias

22 March 2024 Freetown -The Government of Sierra Leone and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have today signed an agreement through a Unilateral Trust Fund (UTF) that marks a pivotal step towards transforming the rice sector in the country. The UTF funding modality allows developing and middle-income countries to benefit from FAO’s technical expertise through funds provided by the beneficiary countries themselves, either from national resources or from the proceeds of loans, credits and grants made available by international financial institutions (IFIs) or bilateral resource partners.

Against the backdrop of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Confederation of Family Producer Organizations of Expanded Mercosur (COPROFAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Georgetown, Guyana in March 2024. The partnership...

Partnerships are core to FAO’s strategy to achieve its objectives, and as part of this work, FAO has significantly strengthened its connections with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) over the past few years. Since the launch of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, which calls for transformative partnerships to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FAO is pursuing strategic engagement with CSOs, capitalizing on their breadth and diversity of expertise and characteristics, necessary to transforming agrifood systems and overcoming complex global challenges. FAO seeks close collaboration with CSOs...

18/03/2024 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), successfully concluded a capacity-building training for sustainable rice production in Morogoro, Tanzania. The training took place from February 29 to March 7, 2024, and saw the active participation of over 65 individuals, including researchers, agricultural extension officers, and smallholder rice farmers from various districts.

Rome - Afghanistan is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s (FAO) single largest country programme, where it continues to carry out its operations despite the ongoing political instability. The Organization has over 400 employees on the ground and is present in every one of the 34 provinces in the country. The food security situation remains alarming with over 15 million people or 36 percent of the population...