Noticias

17 June 2022, Kampala – Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role in innovation, new agribusiness and generation of capital, but few African countries have policies, strategies or dedicated incubation support programmes. Ways to build up Africa’s capacities in agribusiness incubators and accelerators to find the continent’s next agribusiness success stories was the focus of a 5-day workshop in Kampala this week.

It’s that time of year again! FAO’s Dryland Forestry and South-South and Triangular Cooperation teams have joined together with UNCCD in honour of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This year, the day focused on an important topic: ‘Rising up from drought together’.  Droughts are among the greatest threats to sustainable development affecting both developing and developed countries, and this is especially true for dryland communities: droughts only exacerbate the land degradation already taking place in many dryland areas. Women are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts linked to this, but also hold the solutions.

08/06/2022 The same sentiment was reflected in the consensus of the delegates to the National Policy Workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) from 6 to 7 June. At the workshop, which was held virtually, FAO, MAFRA, and key stakeholders in the Philippines discussed ways to strengthen the Philippines’ rice value chains through FAO’s “Capacity Development and Experience sharing for Rice Value Chains through South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)” project. The workshop also builds upon the Philippine Rice...

Roma, Italia, 06 de junio 2022 – La FAO, en nombre del Tratado Internacional, y DivSeek International han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración destinado a mejorar la interoperabilidad de los sistemas de información relativos al germoplasma de las plantas de cultivo en todo el mundo. "Esperamos trabajar con DivSeek para seguir mejorando el intercambio mundial de información sobre germoplasma y promover la...

31/05/2022 The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), are joining hands, once again, to organize the 2022 Multi-stakeholder Dialogues on urban food systems in the Global South.