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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Vision International (WVI) have renewed their collaboration by extending the current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) until July 2024.  WVI and FAO have a long-standing collaboration, first formalized in 2011, which works to promote improved and resilient livelihoods by assessing risks, building foundational livelihood assets, improving and livelihood strategies. The parties work towards mutual objectives through a number of g

For the fifth consecutive year, FAO, IFAD and WFP are jointly organizing the celebration of the UN Day for South-South Cooperation (UN Day for SSC) – an annual event marked on 12 September 2021. This year, the RBAs event will take place on 17 September (14.00-15.30 Rome time) and will build on the commitment and focus of the RBAs to agri-food systems transformation.  The RBAs Celebration of the UN Day for SSC will focus on making voices from the Global South and the North heard on their challenges, approaches and plans for agri-food systems transformation. The event will provide a space for Member...

Radio programs give rural communities an opportunity for their voices to be heard. “I know that I am privileged to listen and follow different programmes aired through MVIWATA FM,” says Odilia Jiovin, a farmer from Kilosa District in the Morogoro region of United Republic of Tanzania, which is known for the production and marketing of sunflower, coconut, sugarcane and sisal. “I always take the initiative to share the information with my fellow farmers in our community and apply the knowledge shared through the radio on my farm, where other farmers come and learn too,” she says.

Brasilia, 12 de agosto de 2021 - El curso Alimentación Escolar como Estrategia Educativa para una Vida Saludable fue concluido el miércoles, 11 de agosto, en una webinar en vivo, que contó con más de 1800 visualizaciones por las redes sociales. La sesión de cierre tuvo como tema principal la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios por medio de programas de alimentación escolar sostenibles. 

10 August 2021, Rome – The Director of FAO’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division, Mr. Ye Anping, today met virtually with the Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of the Gambia, Ms. Amie Fabureh. The meeting was a follow-up to a previous bi-lateral encounter between the Minister and the FAO Director-General, Dr. QU Dongyu, held during the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, where both shared views on the agriculture sector of the Gambia and discussed ways in which FAO could support the country to become more self-sufficient in terms of production. At the meeting, the Minister reiterated that the top priorities...

FAO has renewed its partnership agreement with the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) - Organics International, extending the collaboration until 2024. The partnership, originally formalized in 2018, has provided a framework for working together to develop, promote and strengthen work to improve the livelihoods of populations living in rural areas, in particularly communities and households of smallholder farmers, forest dwellers and fishers and fish workers. Together, FAO and IFOAM have been working to ensure more inclusive food and agriculture systems at local, national and international levels through common actions to improve market access and value chains for small-scale...

’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) des Nations Unies ont accueilli favorablement la décision de la Banque mondiale d’octroyer un montant de 127 millions de dollars américains  pour financer un projet interinstitutionnel visant à lutter contre la propagation de la faim extrême au Yémen. Le projet permettra aux familles rurales de renforcer durablement leur sécurité alimentaire.

Aujourd’hui le Sénat et l’Assemblée Nationale du Congo ont réuni leurs représentantes pour la cérémonie de signature du projet de coopération technique entre l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) et l’Alliance Parlementaire Congolaise pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (APCSAN). A cette occasion, ils ont entamé un projet de formation et de promotion des investissements agricoles responsables dans le pays. Le lancement du projet fait suite à réunion du 15 juillet, dans laquelle la Représentante de la FAO au Congo, Yannick Ariane Rasoarimanana, et le Président de l’Assemblée Nationale, Monsieur Isidore Mvouba, avaient discuté des...

The Sustainable Development Goal 17 calls for revitalized global partnerships for sustainable development and among others, seeks to achieve enhanced North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhanced knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms. In this regard, FAO works closely with partners across the spectrum to contribute to capacity development towards achievement of the SDGs and is pleased to highlight, through a series of case studies, results achieved through strategic collaborations with academia and research institutions -

Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed, Thursday 22nd, a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to jointly design a South-South Cooperation (SSC) training through IBRAF’s Online Professional Learning (OPL) platform that will support 400 African trainees to gain expertise and skills on Fall Armyworm sustainable control.