Noticias

FAO headquarters, with the support of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), has organized a virtual session with Parliamentarians to support the preparation of the forthcoming Global Parliamentary Summit and thereby promote the discussion on parliamentary action to promote improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all.

Ciudad de Guatemala, 27 de septiembre del 2022 - En el marco del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO, el gobierno de Brasil, por medio de la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ABC/MRE) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) suman esfuerzos para apoyar a países del Corredor Seco Centroamericano en la mitigación de los efectos de las sequías en la región.

Agriculture and rural development are critical for ensuring food security and eradicating poverty. In this context, farmers’ livelihoods largely depend on agricultural activities, making them highly vulnerable to current challenges affecting agriculture, including climate change and loss of biodiversity. Enhancing the capacities of farmers to adopt innovative approaches to boost agricultural productivity and cope with limited resources is essential to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG1 on eradicating extreme poverty and SDG2 on ending hunger and promoting sustainable agriculture.  

Santiago de Chile, September 24, 2022 – With the aim of defining strategic priorities for the next five years, improving shared governance mechanisms and analyzing the current implementation of projects, representatives of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( ABC/MRE), the cooperating Brazilian institutions and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met, from September 12 to 14, in Santiago, Chile, for the 3rd Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme.