Noticias

Tokio - El martes 21 de enero, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Gobierno de Japón se reunieron en la Cuarta Consulta Estratégica Anual Japón-FAO, para reflexionar sobre el progreso de su asociación a lo largo del año pasado y discutir sobre una mayor colaboración futura enfocada en las prioridades comunes. El Director General Adjunto (Programas) Daniel Gustafson representó a la FAO en la reunión con el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MOFA por sus siglas...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Roma Tre University showcased findings from a joint study on producer organizations, highlighting strategies that can be used to ensure the inclusion of poor family farmers in cooperatives and producer organizations (POs). The study, which ran from 2018-2019, contributes both to FAO Strategic Objective 3 – Reduce rural poverty, and Pillar 4 of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, Strengthen family farmers’ organizations and capacities to generate knowledge, represent farmers and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural continuum. Masters students from Roma Tre undertook fieldwork...

Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Martin Kropff, Director-General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). The two were also joined by Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). During the meeting they highlighted the urgent need to develop new evidence based solutions and toolkits to tackle the most destructive pests in agriculture, specifically Fall Armyworm (FAW). In this context, QU referred to the launch of the FAO’s Global Action for FAW Control in December 2019 and the establishment of the Steering Committee as a major step forward in this...

A pilot project implemented by Kyoto University (KU) in 2019, aimed at raising awareness on food waste in canteens on the campus, and enhancing the knowledge and engagement of students in reducing food loss and waste, determined that approximately 20 per cent of food is wasted in canteens on campus. Research findings under the pilot highlighted that the most wasted foods on the campus include side vegetables, rice and noodles, and parts of fish.

La FAO incrementará lamagnitud y el alcance de sus herramientas de vigilancia geoespacial gracias a la colaboración de la Agencia de Exploración Aeroespacial del Japón (JAXA), lo que permitirá ampliar la capacidad de las plataformas accesibles de la FAO para las evaluaciones forestales y del uso de la tierra.